I don't live in the states but most of the people i know there use WhatsApp.. Actually most of the people I know anywhere use it lol. I wondered what the basis of that comment was that in the US "nobody uses whatsapp" 🤷... Maybe he meant nobody in his tight inner circle... Or maybe he doesn't know who's using WhatsApp because he doesn't use it

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've literally never met anyone that even knows what it is, although I thought it would be obvious just based on how people talk that I was speaking anecdotally and not from literal statistics. I come across Facebook messenger somewhat commonly but never Whatsapp.

[–] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Actual stats say 98 million people use WhatsApp in US, like 1 in 4, but I'd guess it's kinda regional or cultural..for example probably more in urban areas and I know for sure more in Latino communities lol

[–] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually totally reverse for me, everybody uses whatsapp and I never hear of Facebook messenger 😅

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's a lose lose regardless lmao

[–] Spliffman1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah deal with the devil or deal with his evil cousin lol

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

congrats you're an outlier I suppose. I've only met maybe 5 people that know what Whatsapp is. telegram is marginally more popular but only because a lot of drug dealers use it (they would have better luck with matrix or even signal)

[–] zerohash@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised with the reactions to this. The only people I use whatsapp with are all outside the US. It's discord/telegram/sms for everyone in the US and it's miserable.