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WhatsApp

WhatsApp

WhatsApp

2009

01

January

WhatsApp was founded by Brian Acton and Jan Koum.

2009

24

February

WhatsApp Inc. incorporated in California. The same year WhatsApp 2.0 was released. Also, the app launched on the iPhone App Store in November 2009.

2009

24

December

The ability to send photos via WhatsApp was added to the iPhone version. 

2011

01

January

WhatsApp was announced one of the top 20 apps at Apple's U.S. App Store.

2013

01

February

WhatsApp had 200 million active users.

2014

01

January

Facebook, Inc. acquired WhatsApp for US$19 billion. 

2015

01

January

WhatsApp had 700 million monthly users and over 30 billion messages were sent every day.

2015

01

April

Voice calls were added to WhatsApp.

2016

01

January

WhatsApp had one billion users.

WhatsApp invested $250,000 into the startup ecosystem and provided 500 startups with Facebook ad credits of $500 each.