After the recent launch of BBM on iPhone and Android devices, with more than 10 million downloads in the first 24 hours, BBM has now ended its first week with more than 80 million monthly active users, including over 20 million new users on Android and iPhone devices.
During its first week, BBM was the top free overall app in 35 countries in Google Play and in 107 countries in the App Store. BBM is still trending high in markets like US, UK, Canada, Indonesia and much of the middle east.
“œIt is great to see so many people downloading BBM, but the true measurement for us is engagement ““ the connections being made and the conversations in which our BBM community engages. The power of BBM has always been the active, real conversations and interaction that our customers enjoy,“ said Andrew Bocking, Executive Vice President of BBM at BlackBerry. “œFrom here on out, we will focus on active users of BBM and will no longer focus on simple download numbers.“
With the BBM community now at more than 80 million active users around the globe, users are connecting on the private social network like never before.
At first new users of BBM on iPhone and Android had to wait before they could sign up with a virtual queuing system. This past weekend, BlackBerry was able to remove the virtual line-up so that Android and iPhone users can now immediately download, sign in and start using BBM without having to wait.
