Mobile messenger service WhatsApp’s user
base in India has grown to 70 million active users, which is over a 10th of its
global users.
“We have 70 million active users here
who use the application at least once a month,” business head Neeraj Arora said
at the fifth annual INK Conference.
He said the total user base of the
company, which was bought by Facebook in a $19 billion deal earlier this year,
is 600 million.
With over a 10th of the users from the
country, India is one of the biggest markets for WhatsApp, he said, adding
connecting billions of people in markets like India and Brazil is the aim of
the company.
Arora said WhatsApp will continue to
hold a distinct identity even after the takeover by Facebook and will not get
merged with the social networking giant.
He said WhatsApp, which has only 80
employees, will benefit through learning’s from the social networking giant.
Arora said it took two years to stitch
the $19 billion deal announced this April. The user base has doubled to 600
million from the 30 million when he joined three years ago. The company has
flourished because of its focus on the product, rather than the business side
of things.
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