Types of response to unsolicited messages received on WhatsApp India 2023

Published by
Tanushree Basuroy,
Apr 26, 2023
According to a LocalCircles survey, 73 percent of Indians blocked the spammers who had sent them spam or promotional messages on WhatsApp as of February 2023. To combat spam or promotional messages, most of the WhatsApp users in India resorted to blocking, muting or archiving the senders of spam messages. Meanwhile, 19 percent of the respondents chose to ignore the messages.

Types of response to spam or promotional messages received on WhatsApp in India as of February 2023

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February 2023

Region

India

Survey time period

February 23, 2023

Number of respondents

12,673 respondents

Method of interview

Online survey

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Original question: How do you handle those senders who send promotional or spam messages to you on WhatsApp?

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