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[ghshephard]

Singapore is a Smartphone country, but Whatsapp is pretty dominant there. (I didn't run into anyone who didn't use it as their primary messaging platform)

[thaumasiotes → ghshephard]

In China, it seems to be Wechat. I had never heard of WhatsApp.

[rabino → ghshephard]

Same in Argentina

[yen223 → ghshephard]

Same up here in Malaysia. In fact, it's starting to look like the only places that isn't dominated by WhatsApp are America and China.

[dba7dba → yen223]

You forgot china/Skorea/Japan, all big markets.

WeChat - china

S Korea - kakaotalk 90% market share

LINE - Japan 50 million users with 300 million worldwide

And all three have significant revenue in double digit US millions a year, unlike WhatsApp which has no real revenue...

[skinnymuch → dba7dba]

Whatsapp has revenue in the double digit US millions per year. Their profit might even be in that range.