Facebook’s WhatsApp announced that over 1.4 billion audio and video calls were made on the last day of 2020. According to the announcement, the number of users increased by more than 50% from the same period in 2019, reaching a record high.
As for Facebook-affiliated services, messenger has recorded the largest number of group calls in the United States in the past. Instagram and Facebook Live have increased usage, with over 55 million live broadcasts worldwide.
Of course, the influence of Corona 19 infection lies in this background. There is no countdown event in New York Times Square, where more than 1 million people gather from around the world in previous years, and the use of social media and phone services seems to have surged as large-scale events in which audiences gather are continuing to be limited.
In addition, on the 1st of the new year, the use was concentrated, but there were no service failures, but this is because unprecedented improvements were made to resolve this as the initial traffic of Corona 19 surged from March 2020. In addition, on the last day of last year, the engineering team was waiting to support the problem for the entire Facebook application, so it was possible to overcome it without any problem. Related information can be found here .