Top 5 Social Networking Apps in Egypt: Q1 2023 Performance

The first quarter of 2023 saw notable trends in the performance of the top 5 social networking apps in Egypt. Here’s a closer look at the weekly downloads, revenue, and active users for these apps.

WhatsApp Messenger began the quarter with around 398K weekly downloads, experiencing fluctuations throughout the period and closing with approximately 203K downloads in the final week of March. The app's weekly active users showed a general upward trend, starting at 32.6M and peaking at 33M in mid-March. Revenue was negligible until a slight increase to $65 in the last week of the quarter.

Telegram Messenger started with about 905K downloads in the last week of December, dropping to 252K by the end of March. Weekly revenue varied, peaking at around $2K in early January and stabilizing around $1K towards the end of the quarter. Active users increased from 10.5M to nearly 10.8M by the end of March.

Messenger saw a decrease in weekly downloads from 262K at the start to 142K by the end of March. Active users remained relatively stable, fluctuating around 43M. The app generated minimal revenue, with a small increment to $17 in the final week of March.

Facebook maintained a strong presence with weekly downloads starting at 382K and ending at 229K. Active users hovered around 42M, showing minor fluctuations. Weekly revenue saw a significant peak of approximately $2.1K in late February before stabilizing around $860 by the end of March.

Botim - Video and Voice Calls had a more modest performance with downloads starting at 36K and decreasing to 24K by the end of the quarter. Active users showed growth, peaking at nearly 394K in mid-March before dropping to 302K. Revenue varied, peaking at $780 in early March and decreasing to $407 by the end of the quarter.

These insights are derived from Sensor Tower data, where more detailed analytics can be found.