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  "id": "similarweb-whatsapp-opened-over-20-times-a-day",
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  "claim": "The typical WhatsApp Android user opens the app more than 20 times a day (Similarweb, August 2025)",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"Which app do people open most?\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "medium",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "DataReportal (Kepios), citing Similarweb",
    "title": "Digital 2026 Global Overview Report (published Oct. 2025)",
    "year": "2025"
  },
  "quote": "Similarweb’s data indicates that the typical WhatsApp Android user opens the platform’s app more than 20 times per day , which is almost 70 percent more frequently than second-ranked Instagram.",
  "method": "Similarweb App Intelligence data on Android app users, August 2025, as reported by Kepios/DataReportal.",
  "drift": [
    "Android app users only"
  ],
  "interest": "DataReportal reports are produced with Meltwater and We Are Social, which sell marketing services.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Similarweb's August 2025 Android data show the typical WhatsApp user opening the app more than 20 times a day, almost 70% more often than Instagram users.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "DataReportal — Digital 2026 Global Overview Report",
      "url": "https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2026-global-overview-report",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "August 2025",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-17",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-17",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}