WhatsApp Sets New Messaging Record on New Year's Eve: users exchanged 75 billion messages. WhatsApp revealed that the 75 billion number included 13 billion images and 5 billion videos. The record was set despite the messaging app being down for over an hour around the world. The previous record was set in 2016, also on New Year’s Eve: WhatsApp has more than
one billion registered active users in more than 180 countries.
