An estimated 28.7 trillion mobile messages will be sent in 2017. These are the mobile chat apps the world uses most.
KIK – Kik messenger – owner: Ted Livingston, Union Ventures, RRE, Spark Capital, Tencent
Active users: 80 million Demographic: North American teens
Use of bots and AI: 80 promotes chat bots
MESSEMGER Owner: Facebook Active users: 800 million Demographoc: Americas-heavy, 16-24 years old
Use of bots and AI: Testing M, an assistant that carries out tasks
WECHAR/WEIXIN Owner: Tencent Active users: 650 million Demographic: Asian, most Chinese, 25-34 years old
Use of bots: Huge list of retail partners
LINE Owner: Naver Corp. Active users: 215 million Demographic: Asia-Pacific and Middle East, 16-44 years old
Use of bots and AI: Reportedly working on a digital butler
WHATSAPP Owner: Facebook Active users: 1 billion Demographic: Latin America, Middle East, Asia, 16-54 years old
Use of bots and AI: none
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