WhatsApp channels cross 500 million monthly active users mark: Zuckerberg

The Founder and CEO of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, on Wednesday announced that WhatsApp Channels has now exceeded a monthly active 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.

Recently launched as a feature on WhatsApp, channels allow users to get updates from people, organisations, and teams that they follow on the messaging platform.