53+ Facebook Messenger Statistics 2024 [Number Of Users]

Report Highlights

Facebook Messenger ranks as the 3rd largest social media platform, with approximately 1 billion active users as of 2024.
In the United States, there are about 144 million active Facebook Messenger accounts in 2024.
Users aged 25-34 constitute the largest demographic on Facebook Messenger in the U.S., accounting for 23.4% of users as of July 2024.
Approximately 54.6% of U.S. Facebook Messenger users are female as of 2024.
About 42.6% of U.S. Facebook Messenger users access the platform daily as of 2024.
Facebook Messenger holds a 57% market share among U.S. mobile audiences as of 2021.
India has an estimated 125.5 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
Over 50% of U.S. Android users access Facebook Messenger daily as of June 2020.
North America has approximately 8.3 million active Facebook Messenger users as of July 2022.
About 32% of U.S. adults access Facebook Messenger as of July 2020.

Forecasted Facebook Messenger Users in the U.S.

77% of United States female internet users access Facebook Messenger (3 times more than Whatsapp).
67% of United States male internet users access Facebook Messenger.

Most internet users access Facebook Messenger, while 25-34-year-olds use the platform the most as of January 2018.

Most United States Facebook Messenger users access the platform several times a day, and very few use the platform less than once a week.

Frequency of Use	Percentage of Users
Several times a day	27%
Once a day	11%
Every few days	14%
Once a week	7%
Once every few weeks	6%
Less often than every few weeks	7%
Never use	27%

The latest figures released in the advertising audience reach numbers in the Facebook Messenger self-service tool show the following:

India has roughly 125.5 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Brazil has approximately 63.9 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Mexico has roughly 61.9 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
The Philippines has an estimated 56.5 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Vietnam has approximately 55.6 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Thailand has an estimated 37.3 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Egypt has roughly 35.3 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Indonesia has an estimated 28.8 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
The United Kingdom has roughly 27.2 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.
Bangladesh has approximately 22.1 million active Facebook Messenger accounts.

Different regions have more Facebook Messenger users than other parts of the globe, while North America has roughly 8.3 million active users.

North America has approximately 8.3 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
Central America has approximately 78.7 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
The Caribbean has roughly 8.2 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
South America has an estimated 142.6 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
Western Europe has roughly 30.1 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
Northern Europe has approximately 45.0 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
Southern Europe has approximately 45.0 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
Eastern Europe has roughly 48.5 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
North Africa has approximately 68.7 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.
South Asia has an estimated 178.1 million active Facebook Messenger accounts as of July 2022.

Facebook Messenger has the 7th largest user base of all social media platforms as of January 2022.

Facebook Messenger has an estimated active user base of 988 million as of January 2022.
TikTok is the 6th largest social media platform, with 1,000 million active users as of January 2022.
WeChat is the 5th largest social media platform, with roughly 1,263 million active users as of January 2022.
Instagram is the 4th largest social media platform with an estimated active user base of 1,478 as of January 2022.
WhatsApp is the 3rd largest social media network, with roughly 2,000 million active users as of January 2022.
YouTube is the 2nd largest social media platform, with an estimated active user base of 2,562 million as of January 2022.
Facebook is the largest social media network, with an estimated 2,910 million active users as of January 2022.

United States Android users engage with various social media platforms daily, and Facebook Messenger is the fourth highest comparatively.

5% of United States Android users engage with Facebook daily as of June 2020.
61% of United States Android users accessed Instagram daily as of June 2020.
4% of United States Android users engage with Snapchat daily as of June 2020.
2% of United States Android users engage with Facebook Messenger daily as of June 2020.
4% of United States Android users access TikTok daily as of June 2020.
9% of United States Android users access Reddit daily as of June 2020.
6 of United States Android users engage with Twitter daily as of June 2020.
6% of United States Android users access WhatsApp every day as of June 2020.
9% of United States Android users engage with Pinterest daily as of June 2020.
7% of United States Android users access Tumblr every day as of June 2020.

Roughly 32% of adults in the U.S. use Facebook Messenger as of July 2020, making it one of the most popular messaging apps available.

Facebook Messenger has retained more than 50% market share of U.S. daily active users since 2020 but has slowly decreased since.

Facebook Messenger had a 58% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2020.
Facebook Messenger had a 55% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2021.
Facebook Messenger had a 52% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2022.
WhatsApp had a 28% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2020.
WhatsApp had a 25% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2021.
WhatsApp had a 26% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2022.
Discord had a 3% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2020.
Discord had an 8% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2021.
Discord had a 9% market share of U.S. daily active users in Quarter 1 of 2022.

Facebook Messenger has the second-highest usage reach in Canada as of March 2021, while TikTok had the 10th-highest usage reach.