Reasons for using different mobile messenger apps in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 18, 2015

This statistic displays the reasons for using different mobile messenger apps in the United Kingdom (UK) in January 2015. During the survey period, nine percent of responding smartphone users stated that they used one messenger for family and friends and one messenger for people they don't know well.

Why did you chose to use different messenger apps?**

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Different friends use different apps	63%
Because of different features	29%
It used to be free, it's not anymore	9%
One for people I don't know well, other for friends/family	16%

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Release date

March 2015

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

13th of January 2015 to the 19th of January 2015

Number of respondents

2500*

Special properties

smartphone owners.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Number of all survey respondents. Numbers for the UK differ. The source adds the following information: "Working together with a large number of mobile publishers we recruit a sample that is representative of the mobile internet users in a given country."
** The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

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