Messenger Is Now Twice The Size Of Instagram With 1.2 Billion MAUs

Messenger is growing fast! So fast in fact, that it now has over 1.2 billion monthly active users – making it roughly double the size of Instagram, and close to 500 million short of Facebook’s 1.68 billion monthly active users.

In a Facebook post this week, vice president of messaging products David Marcus announced that Messenger is now used by more than 1.2 billion people each month, marking a 20% increase since its last milestone in June – when it surpassed 1 billion MAUs.

[quote]We now have over 1.2 billion people actively using Messenger every month. And I keep on hearing powerful stories about how our product is becoming a more important part of your daily lives. So from all of us here at Messenger, a heartfelt thank you to all of you for giving us a chance to build something good and more meaningful for you.[/quote]

Yup, it seems there is no stopping Messenger at this point.

But this impressive growth hasn’t just happened on its own. Messenger has introduced a host of new features – bots, group payments, its M assistant, polling, quick replies, Snapchat-like Messenger Day, special effects on videos and photos, and much much more. Messenger is steaming ahead, leaving Snapchat in a bit of a tough spot.

Messenger now has over 1.2 billion MAUs… That’s over 60% of Facebook’s 1.68 billion!

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Given Snapchat’s lack of great advertising solutions, and Messenger’s business model being all about advertising — Messenger is in a unique position to grow, both in terms of users, and revenue.

At last year’s F8 conference, Facebook launched bots on Messenger. That was a big step forward. How will Messenger be “beefed up” this year?

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