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WhatsApp

Meta Platforms-owned mobile instant messenger and social media service
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Summary

WhatsApp is an online service[1].

Key Facts

  • Instance of: instant messaging client[2], mobile app[3], project[4]
  • Founder: Brian Acton[5], Jan Koum[6]
  • Owned by: WhatsApp LLC[7]
  • Based on: XMPP[8]
  • Headquarters location: Menlo Park[9]
  • Developer: WhatsApp LLC[10], Meta[11]
  • Copyright license: proprietary license[12]
  • Programmed in: Erlang (programming language)[13]
  • Operating system: macOS[14], iOS[15], Android[16]
  • Software version identifier: 24.25.79[17], 2.24.5.76[18], 2.2502.3.0[19], 2.25.2.9[20], 2.25.6.74[21], 25.4.77[22], 25.19.83[23], 2.25.19.80[24], 2.2526.2.0[25], 2.25.20.11[26], 26.37.73[27], 2.26.37.71[28], 2.2636.100.0[29], 2.26.38.1[30]
  • Platform: iOS[31], Android[32], Microsoft Windows[33]
  • Distribution format: digital download[34]
  • Input device: touchscreen[35]
  • Has part(s): Signal Protocol[36], qcom.c[37]
  • Inception: February 24, 2009[38]
  • Publication date: 2009[39]
  • Distributed by: Microsoft Store[40], App Store (Apple)[41], Google Play[42]
  • Significant event: access restriction[43]
  • Official website: https://whatsapp.com[44]
  • Readable file format: WhatsApp stored messages[45]
  • Writable file format: WhatsApp encrypted database[46], WhatsApp stored messages[47]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [3] ↑ . futura-sciences.com. futura-sciences.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . xmpp.org. xmpp.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . leadiq.com. Retrieved . leadiq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . t3n.de. t3n.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  19. [20] ↑ . apkmirror.com. Retrieved . apkmirror.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . play.google.com. Retrieved . play.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . apps.apple.com. Retrieved . apps.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . apps.apple.com. Retrieved . apps.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . play.google.com. Retrieved . play.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . whatsapp-desktop.en.uptodown.com. Retrieved . whatsapp-desktop.en.uptodown.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . apkmirror.com. Retrieved . apkmirror.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . apps.apple.com. Retrieved . apps.apple.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . play.google.com. Retrieved . play.google.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . whatsapp-desktop.en.uptodown.com. Retrieved . whatsapp-desktop.en.uptodown.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . apkmirror.com. Retrieved . apkmirror.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  32. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [37] ↑ . whatsapp.com. Retrieved . whatsapp.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [38] ↑ . forbes.com. forbes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  40. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [43] ↑ . bleepingcomputer.com. bleepingcomputer.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Jklamo · 2026-10-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 4w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'an', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'ay', 'az', 'azb', 'ban', '
    Gnd id → 1063134285
    Sitelink count → 133
    Software version identifier → 24.25.79, 2.24.5.76, 2.2502.3.0 +12
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  3. 5w ago · Savantup · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Software version identifier → 24.25.79, 2.24.5.76, 2.2502.3.0 +12
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  4. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14717 → WhatsApp
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  5. 13w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Consumer rights wiki article id → 2733
    Delfi.lv topic id → 51879461
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  6. 14w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subreddit → whatsapp
    The advocate tag id → whatsapp
    Instance of → online service, instant messaging client, mobile app +1
    Significant event → access restriction
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