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Usage growth rate for mobile messaging and social apps and total mobile apps worldwide from 2014 to 2016
Annual global mobile messaging app growth 2014-2016
This statistic presents the usage growth rate for mobile messaging and social apps and total mobile apps worldwide from 2015 to 2016. During the last measured period, usage sessions of messenger and social apps grew by 44 percent year-on-year. Overall app usage sessions grew 11 percent.
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Usage growth rate for mobile messaging and social apps and total mobile apps worldwide from 2014 to 2016 [Graph], Flurry, January 12, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/303890/annual-global-mobile-messaging-app-growth/
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