Users are using WhatsApp to make 100 million calls a day

WhatsApp has announced that its users are making over 100 million calls via WhatsApp every single day. This would translate to 1,100 calls being made every second. “Today, more than 100 million voice calls are made every day on WhatsApp – that’s over 1,100 calls a second! We’re humbled that so many people have found this feature useful, and we’re committed to making it even better in the months to come,” says WhatsApp. WhatsApp is currently the most ubiquitous messaging platform with a user-base that’s crossed the one billion mark a long time ago. In fact, only recently a report was published claiming that WhatsApp was installed on 95 percent of smartphones in India and 94 percent of smartphones in Brazil. The platform also offers data compression services for voice transmissions, allowing for leaner transmissions that work even on 2G networks. The latter must indeed be contributing to the growth of their voice services in bandwidth-starved countries like India. WhatsApp was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum in 2009. It was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for a staggering $19.3 billion. Starting off as a simple messaging platform with a subscription fee of $1 a year, the platform is now free, the most popular messaging platform in the world and offers end-to-end encryption, voice calling, photo and document sharing capabilities and more.