The survey shows the level of interest mobile phone users in the United Kingdom (UK) have towards free or low-cost calling and messaging apps such as Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber. 33 percent of the respondents find the apps interesting and 37 percent do not.
How interesting are free or low-cost calling and messaging apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber?
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YouGov. (August 21, 2013). How interesting are free or low-cost calling and messaging apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/279567/interest-in-free-or-low-cost-calling-and-messaging-apps-in-the-uk/
YouGov. "How interesting are free or low-cost calling and messaging apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber?." Chart. August 21, 2013. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/279567/interest-in-free-or-low-cost-calling-and-messaging-apps-in-the-uk/
YouGov. (2013). How interesting are free or low-cost calling and messaging apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/279567/interest-in-free-or-low-cost-calling-and-messaging-apps-in-the-uk/
YouGov. "How Interesting Are Free or Low-cost Calling and Messaging Apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber?." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Aug 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/279567/interest-in-free-or-low-cost-calling-and-messaging-apps-in-the-uk/
YouGov, How interesting are free or low-cost calling and messaging apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/279567/interest-in-free-or-low-cost-calling-and-messaging-apps-in-the-uk/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
How interesting are free or low-cost calling and messaging apps like Whatsapp, Nimbuzz or Viber? [Graph], YouGov, August 21, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/279567/interest-in-free-or-low-cost-calling-and-messaging-apps-in-the-uk/