As of August 2025, **** percent of Facebook Messenger users in the Netherlands were women. Overall, ****Â percent of users were women in the 25 to 34 year age group, compared to ****Â percent of men of the same age. Respondents in the 18 to 24 years age group were the least likely to be users of the instant messaging service.
In the Netherlands, WhatsApp is the dominant communication channel, with approximately **** million users in 2023 and an installed base of million as of 2018. As opposed to Belgium and Luxembourg, WhatsApp outperforms Facebook and Facebook Messenger in the Netherlands. When asked, for example, which digital communication platform Dutch consumers used first after waking up, roughly ** percent of respondents checked WhatsApp, with ** percent using Facebook.
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