How WhatsApp ate the world

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Rest of World

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Listen to Rest of World's best stories about the way technology is reshaping the globe. Narrated by our staff of writers and editors. Nearly four billion internet users live outside the West. We're telling their stories, with in-depth, on-the-ground reporting on topics like Big Tech’s global influence, e-commerce, cryptocurrency, the struggles of the gig economy, and the rise of EVs.

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How WhatsApp ate the world

Long Reads

25 minutes 41 seconds

11 months ago

How WhatsApp ate the world

WhatsApp is already the world’s most widely used messaging app. Meta wants it to be a lot more.

WhatsApp is the world’s most widely used messaging app, with 2 billion daily users, who send 100 billion messages every day in 60 languages across 180 countries. This feature takes an in-depth look at how it grew so big and Meta's plan for what comes next.

Written by Issie Lapowsky. Narrated by Jane Seidel.

Original story: https://restofworld.org/2024/how-whatsapp-for-business-changed-the-world/