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.
