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121 articles – decelerating

Messenger has appeared in 121 articles since 2014-12. Coverage peaked in 2024Q2 with 5 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Meta.

Articles
121
mentions
Velocity
-50.0%
growth rate
Acceleration
-1.500
velocity change
Sources
33
publications

Patterns

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Facebook 116 Instagram 46 WhatsApp 36 Meta 30 Facebook Messenger 23 TechCrunch 12 Zuckerberg 10 Canada 10 Apple 7 Mark Zuckerberg 7

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Coverage Timeline

2016-07-20
TechCrunch 13 related

A history of Facebook Messenger as it reaches 1B monthly users five years after its debut; 17B photos are now sent through the service each month

Facebook's gamble of forcing users to download Messenger has paid off.  Despite the backlash, Messenger has doubled its user count in twenty months …

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2015-09-04
TechCrunch 5 related

Facebook tops App Annie's iOS all-time downloads chart, with Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp also in top 10, Pandora, Clash of Clans top grossing

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :

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Quarterly Coverage

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Narrative

Messenger has appeared in 424 Techmeme articles since December 2014. The biggest stories include AOL is shutting down Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15 after 20 years and AOL is shutting down Instant Messenger (AIM) on December 15 after 20 years. Frequently covered alongside Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Meta. Coverage has shifted toward developer, consumer themes and away from research, regulation.

Key Moments

2024Q2consumer -20pts; research +20pts; regulation +10pts
2024Q3consumer +20pts; research -20pts; regulation -10pts
2025Q1consumer -33pts

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