Annual downloads of Facebook Messenger worldwide from 2015 to 2024 (in millions)

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February 2025

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Worldwide

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2015 to 2024

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data covering downloads on Google Play and Apple App Store combined

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Annual global app downloads of Facebook Messenger 2015-2024

Published by Statista Research Department, Nov 28, 2025

In 2024, Facebook's own messaging platform, Messenger, generated approximately *** million downloads, down by almost ** percent compared to 2023. In 2018, Facebook Messenger registered the highest number of global downloads for the examined period, only to see the number starting to decrease the following year. In 2020, the annual number of Facebook Messenger downloads plummeted to *** million worldwide and to *** million downloads in 2021. Despite the decrease in downloads, as of January 2024, Facebook Messenger was the third most popular instant messaging app worldwide.

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