Messaging apps surpass “old” SMS. WhatsApp leads the communications revolution.

A new record could revolutionize the world of mobile telephony. According to data from a study published by The Economist , the number of text messages sent around the world has exceeded traditional SMS with Whatsap .

In particular, if you put together the 10 most popular instant messaging applications, around 30 billion messages are sent around the world every day , 10 more than SMS. Whatsapp is the most used of the messaging apps, with over 700 million users. Last year it generated 7 billion messages (about 1,000 per person).

Thus, those of messaging are the most successful smartphone applications of the moment. The 10 largest companies together have more than three billion active users , about 40% of the inhabitants of the earth.