During the first quarter of 2024, 94.5 percent of internet users worldwide accessed online chatting and messaging apps on a monthly basis. Between the beginning of 2022 and the end of 2023, instant messaging and smartphone chat usage remained constant among the global digital population. During the second quarter of 2023, approximately 95 percent of global users were reported accessing mobile chat services.
Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2024
 The source reports having changed its methodology between the third quarter of 2022 and the fourth quarter of 2022, and between the fourth quarter of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024.
Data for the first quarter of 2024 includes audiences aged 65 and older.
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DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater. (July 31, 2024). Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
DataReportal, und We Are Social, und Meltwater. "Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2024." Chart. July 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
DataReportal, We Are Social, Meltwater. (2024). Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
DataReportal, and We Are Social, and Meltwater. "Share of Internet Users Accessing Online Chat and Messenger Services Monthly Worldwide from 1st Quarter 2022 to 1st Quarter 2024." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jul 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
DataReportal & We Are Social & Meltwater, Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2024 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/ (last visited October 25, 2024)
Share of internet users accessing online chat and messenger services monthly worldwide from 1st quarter 2022 to 1st quarter 2024 [Graph], DataReportal, & We Are Social, & Meltwater, July 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1489440/chat-and-messenger-service-usage/
