Annual global app downloads of Facebook Messenger 2015-2023

In 2023, Facebook's own messaging platform Messenger generated approximately 262.5 million downloads, down by 20 percent compared to 2022. In 2018, Facebook Messenger registered the highest number of global downloads for the examined period, only to see the number starting to decrease the following year. In 2020, the annual number of Facebook Messenger downloads plummeted to 485 million worldwide, and to 336 million downloads in 2021. Despite the decrease in downloads, as of January 2024 Facebook Messenger was the third most popular instant messaging app worldwide.

在2023年，Facebook自家的即时通讯平台Messenger的下载量约为2.625亿，与2022年相比下降了20%。回溯至2018年，Facebook Messenger在考察期间全球下载量达到峰值，然而次年该下载量便开始出现下滑趋势。2020年，Facebook Messenger的全球年度下载量骤降至4.85亿，而在2021年则进一步减少至3.36亿。尽管下载量有所下滑，截至2024年1月，Facebook Messenger依然是全球最受欢迎的即时通讯应用之一，位居第三。