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Country | Share of Global Viber Users↓ | |
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![]() | Ukraine | 18.43% |
![]() | Russia | 13.27% |
![]() | Philippines | 11.16% |
![]() | Bulgaria | 6.09% |
![]() | United States | 4.91% |
Many instant messaging apps are available, and one of the most popular ones is called Viber. Viber is an app used to send text messages and make phone calls from just about any mobile device for free. It is particularly useful for people trying to communicate with others overseas. Viber has grown significantly in the past few years. Overall, more than 1 billion people use it regularly, and the app has expanded into more than 190 countries. Ukraine seems to have the most people using it. Lots of people in Ukraine use this application to communicate with family members and friends on a regular basis. It may even be used to handle commercial discussions and negotiations.
Recently, Viber was purchased by Rakuten, which is one of the largest online retailers in the world. The company is based in Japan, and it has reportedly purchased Viber for $900 million. Calling someone overseas can be exorbitantly expensive, and Viber has made it possible to communicate with loved ones for free. Now that it has been purchased by Rakuten, Viber will have a wide variety of other resources it can use to expand its services to other countries.
Some people in the United States use Viber regularly, as well. Approximately 30 million Americans are thought to use this application regularly. Other apps may be more popular, such as the text message app that comes with iPhones, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp; however, Viber is growing in popularity. It seems quite popular in several other countries. For example, about 28 million people in Russia use this application, and approximately 18 million people in Brazil use it as well. However, this app is more popular in Eastern Europe than in any other part of the world.
Even though Viber has grown more popular during the past few years, it has a long way to go before it catches up with the most popular chat app in the world, WhatsApp. WhatsApp is used in hundreds of countries all over the world, and countless people rely on it to communicate with people overseas. Another popular app is called Telegram. It has grown significantly over the past few years and is a major competitor of both WhatsApp and Viber. It will be interesting to see if Viber is able to catch up with these programs in the next few years.