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Number of daily active WhatsApp Status users from 1st quarter 2017 to 1st quarter 2019 (in millions)

Characteristic	Number of DAU in millions
Q1 '19*	500
Q2 '18	450
Q3 '17	300
Q2 '17	250
Q1 '17	175

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April 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

Q1 2017 to Q1 2019

Supplementary notes

No data available for missing quarters.
*Regarding Q1 2019 data: "We're continuing to see fast adoption of stories --with each of our three stories experiences --Facebook and Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp --having more than half a billion daily actives." - from Q1 2019 earnings call.

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As of the latest reported period, WhatsApp had more than half a billion daily active Status users worldwide, up from 450 million global DAU in the second quarter of 2018. WhatsApp Status is similar to the Stories feature of other social apps such as Snapchat and Instagram, allowing users to share photos, videos and text that disappear after 24 hours.

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