Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday said that the recently introduced WhatsApp ‘Channels’ feature has surpassed a monthly user base of 500 million.
“500 million monthly activities on WhatsApp channels in the first 7 weeks! Great to see the WA community so engaged,” said Mark Zuckerberg, while announcing the news on his WhatsApp Channel.
WhatsApp Channels allows users to get updates from people, organisations and teams that they follow on the messaging platform. Channels are different from private chats. If a user chooses to follow a channel, it is not visible to other followers.
Some popular Indian WhatsApp channels include the International Cricket Council, Mumbai Indians, Indian Cricket Team, Diljit Dosanjh, Katrina Kaif, Allu Arjun, Vijay Deverakonda, Chef Ranveer Brar and TechBurner among others.
Meta had announced WhatsApp Channels in September this year. It recently added a sticker feature to the channels.
Earlier this week, the Meta-owned messaging platform also announced a new voice chat feature for large groups. The feature is similar to a group call but instead of ringing each member it allows people to join in quietly with an in-chat popup notification.
