On Thursday, WhatsApp, the most widely used free messaging app said that it had set a new record for the most number of messages sent per day after it crossed the 10 billion mark on a single day. It tweeted that there were more than 6 billion outbound and 4 billion in bound messaged amounting to a total of 10 billion messages in one day.

However, the messaging app management had not revealed any reasons as to why they had reached the top figures on Wednesday, 22 August.
The messaging app tweeted, "new daily record: 4B inbound, 6B outbound = 10B total messages a day! #freebsd #erlang". It also explained that the number of outbound messages was way higher than the inbound messages as many people talk in group chats.

#freebsd and #erlang in the original tweet refers to the technology that supports and runs WhatsApp.
This application replaces the conventional text messaging on the phones which are charged for every SMS sent, is available on almost all the mobile operating systems like iOS, Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. The services are free for the first year while you would incur charges just under $1 afterwards to continue to use the app. There are no limitations to the application however, no messages/ day cap. Hence it has a large fan base.

Most Indians had used this app since its introduction as SMS has become the conventional way of communication and remaining in touch. With the bulk SMS restrictions enforced by the Govt, the number of users and the number of messages per user had been increased largely as WhatsApp was a convenient work around to the 5 SMS per day restriction rendering it practically ineffective.

Though officially unannounced, we guess you all know what is the between WhatsApp’s new daily record figure and India.

(AW- Anil)