WhatsApp Leads August 2025 Global Messenger Downloads

09 Nov 2025

In August 2025, WhatsApp emerged as the most downloaded mobile messenger app globally, with over 35 million downloads. The data was collected by AppMagic and released via Statista on 2025-09-30.

Download Rankings

Trailing WhatsApp, Telegram secured the second spot with more than 28 million downloads. Snapchat followed closely, recording nearly 27 million downloads worldwide.

  • WhatsApp: 35.14 million downloads
  • Telegram: 28.14 million downloads
  • Snapchat: 26.92 million downloads
  • Facebook Messenger: 17.77 million downloads
  • Discord: 11.37 million downloads

Global Insights

The comprehensive data identifies popular messengers worldwide, highlighting consumer preferences in communication apps. Messenger, Discord, and WeChat also showed significant user interest, with Messenger hitting nearly 18 million downloads.

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