The source reports having changed its methodology between the third quarter of 2022 and the fourth quarter of 2022, and between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024.
Data for the first quarter of 2024 includes audiences aged 65 and older.
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Global online users accessing chat and instant messaging Q1 2022-Q2 2025
During the second quarter of 2025, 94.1 percent of internet users worldwide accessed online chatting and messaging apps on a monthly basis. Between the beginning of 2022 and the end of 2023, instant messaging and smartphone chat usage remained constant among the global digital population. During the second quarter of 2023, approximately 95 percent of global users were reported accessing mobile chat services.
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (October 15, 2025). Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 2nd quarter 2025 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 14, 2026, from /statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
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Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 2nd quarter 2025 [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater, October 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
