On these maps Iceland always seems to floating further and further south. Next map Iceland will be in the Mediterranean
Cool to see that Meta controls basically 90% of European messaging.
I use Signal.
Romania true
Very much true for poland, whatsapp is gaining a lot of traction too
Turkey is true.
FB Messenger? Really? Do you want to talk about it countries using it?
Whatsapp is true for Germany and I swear I never saw anybody in Germany using messenger
Signal nowhere to be found? Guess privacy is not such a big deal for people
I was really surprised by Norwegians using fb messenger even for company communications
Telegram in the UK is associated with drug buyers/sellers, some far right organisations use it heavily, also minorities like Eastern Europeans. Strange world to inhabit.
True for Croatia, Whatsapp is used for group chats for school, university or work and its also used for casual chatting
It’s FB messenger in Slovenia for sure.
Iceland is having a holiday in Spain I see.
In the UK the majority of people that I know use both WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, but there are a few people who don’t have Facebook accounts and therefore stick to WhatsApp. So I’d say that in my experience WhatsApp being higher is probably true, but not necessarily exclusive.
Balkan map is true. I hate viber with all my heart.
I can tell that russia really likes telegram…
I’ve practically never seen anyone use WhatsApp in Sweden. Facebook Messenger being number one seems reasonable. I have 90% of my conversations there. I do use RCS with like…2 people though. Maybe that can change with iOS adopting RCS later this year. Would be nice.
True for Spain. I think a lot of people use WhatsApp even for regular calls.
It’s probably true for Sweden, a lot of people use Messenger here. I never got it out of principle, since I found it ridiculous to need a secondary app just to read facebook messages when it was introduced.
Belgium: I almost exclusively use Messenger to communicate with people my age (mid-twenties), but both older people and teenagers seem to prefer Whatsapp.
how could anyone know for sure?
I use both whatsapp and messenger; don’t know of anyone who uses the other 2
Telegram is big in Russia, but I’m not sure if it has surpassed VK messager or not.
Slovenia is on Messenger. Most people have Whatsapp, but don’t use it as regularly.
Viber is everywhere here (Greece). From personal usage, to work, to businesses.
Second is Messenger.
Yes
I’m really sad Telegram is barely used in Europe. The app is so much more convenient from UX perspective than whatsapp
What is viber? Apart from a fun night out.
Serb here. Can confirm. Fuck the fact we chose the fucking worst of the worst.
Jesus, why would anyone use viber ?
Signal gang rise up
I see the messenger has won on Atlantis.
still communicating via SMS with my best friend and my wife. In whatsapp currently 600 unread messages. I stopped caring for that flood long ago.
Dutch, telegram here
Ukraine. Yes.
my experience in the UK was that people almost exclusively used facebook messenger.
as somebody from a true whatsapp country this was confusing
It’s a lot warmer in Iceland nowadays.
Most people in Czech use whatsapp. Maybe its just near me people use whatsapp
I’m noticing a steady uptick in Telegram contacts over here in NL, the people who ordinarily would use whatsapp. Don’t think that’ll ever make a majority push though.
My nerd friends and I on discord.
🤷♂️
Poland: yes
WhatsApp is true for France and Romania. I’m always amazed by how Americans massively use iMessage, in Europe nobody uses it, people with iPhones prefer WhatsApp.
I use Viber only for my work colleagues group, Whatsapp for everyone else. I use Messenger for Facebook friends only.
But I despise all of that shit, and rather call a person directly. Less work and less room for misunderstanding due to tone of voice andjust faster in general. A 10 second call can deal with a hell of a lot more information than minutes and minutes of typing…
Just this comment here is plenty of typing on my phone for today, so I’m out…
For Bulgaria Viber is really the most used and useful.
It is even used by official authorities, banks and news. You can even pay your bills though it
Can confirm for Lithuania.
For greece yeah
Signal is also coming is rather strong in Germany. But yeah, WhatsApp is by far the biggest messenger in Germany.
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Ukraine true
Serbia is true.
On these maps Iceland always seems to floating further and further south. Next map Iceland will be in the Mediterranean
Cool to see that Meta controls basically 90% of European messaging.
I use Signal.
Romania true
Very much true for poland, whatsapp is gaining a lot of traction too
Turkey is true.
FB Messenger? Really? Do you want to talk about it countries using it?
Whatsapp is true for Germany and I swear I never saw anybody in Germany using messenger
Signal nowhere to be found? Guess privacy is not such a big deal for people
I was really surprised by Norwegians using fb messenger even for company communications
Telegram in the UK is associated with drug buyers/sellers, some far right organisations use it heavily, also minorities like Eastern Europeans. Strange world to inhabit.
True for Croatia, Whatsapp is used for group chats for school, university or work and its also used for casual chatting
It’s FB messenger in Slovenia for sure.
Iceland is having a holiday in Spain I see.
In the UK the majority of people that I know use both WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, but there are a few people who don’t have Facebook accounts and therefore stick to WhatsApp. So I’d say that in my experience WhatsApp being higher is probably true, but not necessarily exclusive.
Balkan map is true. I hate viber with all my heart.
I can tell that russia really likes telegram…
I’ve practically never seen anyone use WhatsApp in Sweden. Facebook Messenger being number one seems reasonable. I have 90% of my conversations there. I do use RCS with like…2 people though. Maybe that can change with iOS adopting RCS later this year. Would be nice.
True for Spain. I think a lot of people use WhatsApp even for regular calls.
It’s probably true for Sweden, a lot of people use Messenger here. I never got it out of principle, since I found it ridiculous to need a secondary app just to read facebook messages when it was introduced.
Belgium: I almost exclusively use Messenger to communicate with people my age (mid-twenties), but both older people and teenagers seem to prefer Whatsapp.
how could anyone know for sure?
I use both whatsapp and messenger; don’t know of anyone who uses the other 2
Telegram is big in Russia, but I’m not sure if it has surpassed VK messager or not.
Slovenia is on Messenger. Most people have Whatsapp, but don’t use it as regularly.
Viber is everywhere here (Greece). From personal usage, to work, to businesses.
Second is Messenger.
Yes
I’m really sad Telegram is barely used in Europe. The app is so much more convenient from UX perspective than whatsapp
What is viber? Apart from a fun night out.
Serb here. Can confirm. Fuck the fact we chose the fucking worst of the worst.
Jesus, why would anyone use viber ?
Signal gang rise up
I see the messenger has won on Atlantis.
still communicating via SMS with my best friend and my wife. In whatsapp currently 600 unread messages. I stopped caring for that flood long ago.
Dutch, telegram here
Ukraine. Yes.
my experience in the UK was that people almost exclusively used facebook messenger.
as somebody from a true whatsapp country this was confusing
It’s a lot warmer in Iceland nowadays.
Most people in Czech use whatsapp. Maybe its just near me people use whatsapp
I’m noticing a steady uptick in Telegram contacts over here in NL, the people who ordinarily would use whatsapp. Don’t think that’ll ever make a majority push though.
My nerd friends and I on discord.
🤷♂️
Poland: yes
WhatsApp is true for France and Romania. I’m always amazed by how Americans massively use iMessage, in Europe nobody uses it, people with iPhones prefer WhatsApp.
I use Viber only for my work colleagues group, Whatsapp for everyone else. I use Messenger for Facebook friends only.
But I despise all of that shit, and rather call a person directly. Less work and less room for misunderstanding due to tone of voice andjust faster in general. A 10 second call can deal with a hell of a lot more information than minutes and minutes of typing…
Just this comment here is plenty of typing on my phone for today, so I’m out…
For Bulgaria Viber is really the most used and useful.
It is even used by official authorities, banks and news. You can even pay your bills though it
Can confirm for Lithuania.
For greece yeah
Signal is also coming is rather strong in Germany. But yeah, WhatsApp is by far the biggest messenger in Germany.