WhatsApp is one of the most downloaded instant messaging applications in the Play Store and App Store and therefore used throughout the world, as it allows an effective, fast and simple conversation through text, calls and video calls . Since the year of its creation in 2009, this has been one of the best inventions for the world of technology thanks to its founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton. In 2021 WhatsApp already had 2,000 million users and every day each person who buys a cell phone registers with said application, so the number of registered users increases rapidly.
Despite the fact that we have WhatsApp installed on our cell phones/tablets/computers, there are many things that we do not know about this application, which is why we will tell you some curious facts about WhatsApp
WhatsApp was created by former Yahoo members i.e. Jan Koum and Brian Acton.
At first it was presented to Facebook, but they rejected the purchase.
Facebook bought WhatsApp for 22 billion dollars.
WhatsApp left SMS aside, because shortly after its presentation, people began to buy smartphones to acquire this instant messaging application.
At first WhatsApp only allowed sending messages and it was until 2012 that they allowed sending photos and videos and in 2015 voice calls.
It's one of the reasons relationships end.
The founders of WhatsApp never invested in advertising, as they only used word of mouth to make it known among those closest to them and it quickly spread.
WhatsApp only has 55 employees.
WhatsApp's name comes from the phrase 'What's up?', which in Spanish means 'how are you?'
About a million people a day sign up for WhatsApp.
