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> To many Asian demographics, that's a mainstream chat application for keeping in touch with family.

Really? Whatsapp is mainstream app not the wechat.

I think it depends on which countries specifically in Asia, and which demographic group within those countries.

As far as I know, as part of it, it's definitely dominant in the Chinese Diaspora.

WeChat is mainstream in China, so that means what, roughly 500m users?

More like around a billion.

Actually, just checking now, 1.2 billion users.