In 2022, 79 percent of the surveyed French population used instant messaging apps on their mobile phone, up from 62 percent in 2019. Between 2014 and 2020, mobile messaging app usage increased by more than 310 percent, reaching half of the country's population by 2018.
Usage rate of mobile communication and instant messaging apps in France from 2014 to 2022
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CRÉDOC, & ARCEP, & Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires. (January 30, 2023). Usage rate of mobile communication and instant messaging apps in France from 2014 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013540/instant-messaging-use-texts-mobile-phone-france/
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CRÉDOC, ARCEP, Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires. (2023). Usage rate of mobile communication and instant messaging apps in France from 2014 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 28, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013540/instant-messaging-use-texts-mobile-phone-france/
CRÉDOC, and ARCEP, and Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires. "Usage Rate of Mobile Communication and Instant Messaging Apps in France from 2014 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013540/instant-messaging-use-texts-mobile-phone-france/
CRÉDOC & ARCEP & Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires, Usage rate of mobile communication and instant messaging apps in France from 2014 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013540/instant-messaging-use-texts-mobile-phone-france/ (last visited April 28, 2024)
Usage rate of mobile communication and instant messaging apps in France from 2014 to 2022 [Graph], CRÉDOC, & ARCEP, & Agence nationale de la cohésion des territoires, January 30, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1013540/instant-messaging-use-texts-mobile-phone-france/