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WhatsApp New Year eve record - 75 bn messages sent including 5 bn videos

20 billion messages being shared on WhatsApp in India on the eve of New Year 2018

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WhatsApp, one of the most-used messaging application, hit a new record on New Year's Eve —  75 billion messages were shared on the platform across the world, according to the company.  

The milestone represents the highest number of messages sent in a single day in WhatsApp's history, the company confirmed in an email. 

WhatsApp revealed that 75 billion messages included 13 billion images and 5 billion videos. The previous record was set in 2016 when 63 billion messages sent on last New Year’s Eve. 

WhatsApp may have been down in India for an hour on New Year's Eve but