Messenger
Messaging app
Meta's free messaging app for chats, group calls and video calls between Facebook friends, on phones and the web.
Messaging appSince 2011
How it started
Facebook chat becomes its own app.
2011the year it started
Facebook launched Messenger as a stand-alone app in August 2011, built by the team from Beluga, a group-messaging startup it had just acquired.
Its place in Meta
One of Meta's four core apps.
Messenger keeps Facebook users talking in private and gives businesses a chat channel, as part of Meta's Family of Apps.
Who it competes with
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What Meta does not disclose
- Messenger users (Meta reports only daily active people across its Family of Apps)
- Messenger revenue (part of the Family of Apps segment)
The group behind itMeta
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Sources
Every number on this page comes from Meta's own reports.
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