Northern Africa had the largest number of Facebook Messenger active accounts in the African continent. As of July 2022, some 69 million regional users were on Facebook Messenger. Moreover, Western and Eastern Africa followed with almost 12 million and 10 million accounts, respectively.
Number of Facebook Messenger users in Africa in 2022, by region
(in millions)
The source adds that the values are connected to Facebook Messenger's potential advertising reach and therefore may differ from the number of monthly active users
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