{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "id": "messenger-messages",
  "name": "Messenger Messages Today",
  "description": "A modelled lower-bound counter of messages sent through instant messengers, based on WhatsApp's published daily volume.",
  "page_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/messenger-messages.html",
  "data_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/data/messenger-messages.json",
  "languages": [
    "en",
    "es",
    "zh",
    "hi",
    "ar",
    "fr",
    "pt",
    "ru",
    "de",
    "ja"
  ],
  "indicator_type": "lower-bound model",
  "unit": "messages",
  "reference_period": "published WhatsApp benchmark",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-12",
  "primary_sources": [
    "https://www.facebook.com/zuck/posts/10117699115562331/"
  ],
  "methodology_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/methodology.html",
  "terms_url": "https://dynamicfacts.org/terms.html",
  "note": "Animated values are explanatory models unless the indicator type explicitly says direct catalogue data."
}