Of course, reactions are just as fun in 1:1 conversations, too.The most popular reaction in a group conversation is □ Since launching in March, people shared more than 11 billion reactions, up from two billion shared in June.The average group chat includes 10 people.In 2017, 2.5 million new groups were created on Messenger EVERY day.We found that 2017 was both a year to connect with the people you care about most, as well as the groups of people you care about most: This year we introduced several new features to make group chats in Messenger more fun and useful, including now it’s easy to jump right back in to the conversation to answer someone’s question or to provide a response, and reactions, giving you an option quickly showing acknowledgement or expressing how you feel in an easy way with an emoji. New Years, Mother’s Day, and Valentine’s Day were three of the top five most active days for chats on Messenger. The holidays are popular times to connect with each other online as well as offline.At the same time, on average, 260 million new conversation threads were started every day in 2017.On average, there are over 7 billion conversations taking place on Messenger every day in 2017. ![]() While some cultural pundits would argue that messaging makes us isolated, what we’ve found is that messaging actually brings us closer together. We believe in the power of messaging to make meaningful connections. GIFs are a popular choice too, with 18 billion GIFs shared in 2017.People shared over 500 billion emojis in 2017 □, or nearly 1.7 billion every day □.Here’s how people expressed themselves and added delight to their conversations this year: Visual messaging is now our new universal language, making our conversations more joyful, impactful, and let’s face it, a whole lot more fun! This year we continued investing in our powerful and fast camera, pre-loaded with thousands of stickers, frames and other effects to make your conversations better than ever. Visual messaging brings our conversations to life. People video chatted across each other all around the world - including Antarctica! We can only imagine how awesome it was to share a moment in front of icebergs and penguins with friends and family back home.Overall, there were 17 billion realtime video chats on Messenger, marking two times as many video chat sessions in 2017 compared to 2016.The experience is the same whether you’re on Android or iOS - and we introduced a few new Augmented Reality features – like masks, filters and reactions – in June to make your video chats more fun and expressive. We heard from people that they wanted more than just one-to-one video chats, which is why we launched group video chat about a year ago. We’re excited to look back over the year, and highlight the top ways we saw Messenger’s 1.3 billion strong global community connect and share with each other in 2017.Ĭhatting face-to-face is perfect for those spontaneous moments when text just isn’t enough. Through GIFs, videos, group conversations or group video chats, Messenger gives people the freedom to connect in the way that is most relevant to them - expressive, humorous, visual, heartfelt or simply convenient.īy understanding how people are messaging today, we can continue to make Messenger the best place to connect with the people you care about most. ![]() Just think about it, now you can group video chat with masks, choose from thousands of emojis or GIFs to add more color to your messages, and immediately capture and share photos, even when you’re already in a conversation.Īt Messenger, we know that every message matters and we’re focused on helping people say what they want to say, however they want to say it. The art of conversation has evolved, and we’re no longer limited by just text. It’s been 25 years since the first text message was sent, sparking a revolution in how we keep in touch with each other, and we’ve come a long way since then. ![]() Over the holidays we all want to take time to celebrate, reflect and stay in touch with the people we love. By Sean Kelly, Product Management Director, Messenger
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