Most popular mobile messaging apps in South Africa

jes · Apr 11, 2014

Most popular mobile messaging apps in South Africa

WhatsApp vs Facebook vs Mxit vs BBM –Effective Measure’s South African Mobile Report reveals which mobile IM service is the most popular in South Africa

Nikkel · Apr 11, 2014

Do people still use Mxit?

ShaunSA · Apr 11, 2014

Whatsapp all the way.

Those bbm numbers will decrease even more as time goes by.

ebendl · Apr 11, 2014

Nikkel said:
Do people still use Mxit?

Apparently around 3% of people do.

Wall · Apr 11, 2014

Effective Measure’s South African Mobile Report

Saw that and didn't even click on the article.

Madhawk · Apr 11, 2014

ShaunSA said:
Whatsapp all the way.

+1

Polymathic · Apr 11, 2014

Nikkel said:
Do people still use Mxit?

Yes but apparently more people are using MS Messenger which tells you a lot

koeks525 · Apr 11, 2014

Yeap, WhatsApp does it for me. Most phones can run WhatsApp....I am shocked MSN messenger is used more than MXit, I thought MSN Messenger was always "dead".

acidrain · Apr 11, 2014

Surprised WeChat isn't in the list

Nephew_ · Apr 11, 2014

acidrain said:
Surprised WeChat isn't in the list

The only one that is advertised, and it does not even make the list.

jannievanzyl · Apr 11, 2014

The MxIT numbers are WAY under reported. WeChat is still small.

But, by FAR, SMS is still the dominant IM platform. (Yes, SMS is an IM app.

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Flip-Flop · Apr 11, 2014

Still have WhatsApp installed, but Telegram is used by everyone that I chat to on a daily basis.

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