微信全球用户突破10亿,但只能排老三!
在手机APP里,说微信是第一名的龙头老大,应该没人有意见吧。
微信在2011年推出时,最初是用语音聊天功能干掉了短信,后来又靠两个新功能“摇一摇”和“附近的人”火了一把。
接着,微信的发展就如同滚雪球,直到现在用户数已突破了10亿。在互联网的世界里,一款APP月活用户能突破1亿已堪称“神品”,而超过10亿的也只有微信一家,连支付宝都未能做到。
近几年,除了聊天功能,微信不断推出新功能:微信公众号、微信支付、小程序……让微信越来越像一个平台,而不只是单纯聊天的工具。
微信在国内堪称无敌,但放到国外排名也是第一吗?并没有,只能排老三!那前两名是谁呢?
海外的即时通信巨头是WhatsApp和Facebook Messager,在168个国家使用率排名第一。
到2018年, WhatsApp月活用户15亿,Facebook Messager月活用户13亿,微信月活用户是10亿。欧美人喜欢用WhatsApp和Facebook,日韩喜欢用Line,用微信的多是都是华人。
是的,微信(wechat)在海外还是吃了“闭门羹”,主要的用户群体还是华人。
2017年,微信宣布在海外有近1亿活跃用户,不过可以肯定的是,主要用户还是中国人,包括留学生、海外工作人员,海外华人华侨等。也正因此,微信被冠上了“内战内行,外战外行”的称呼。
为什么外国人要用WhatsApp、Facebook,而不接纳中国的微信呢?
这主要还是“先入为主”的影响,通信软件有一个特点:一旦用户的关系链在软件里建立起来,其他软件就很难进入了,这是一种无形的壁垒。这也是当年阿里推出的“来往”难以撼动微信的原因所在。
巧合的是,前两名WhatsApp、Facebook的老板居然是同一个人:扎克伯格!
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