# Direct Chat & Messaging

> Taken from the public Google Play listing. Every figure below carries the date it was updated.
> Nothing is modelled or estimated. A new collection starts at 00:00 UTC daily and takes several hours; an individual app's reading lands at some point inside that window.

Source page: https://appcurves.com/app/direct-chat-and-messaging

- Package: `direct.message.directchat.whatschat.wa.message`
- Developer: Longnine
- Category: Productivity
- Platform: Android (Google Play)
- Released: Aug 23, 2024
- Lifetime downloads: 17,777,195 (updated 2026-09-21)
- What the store shows instead: 10,000,000+
- Rating: 4.47 from 79,281 ratings
- Downloads added: none — the counter held between 2026-09-20 and 2026-09-21
- Readings kept: 46 (2026-08-04 → 2026-09-21)
- Chart positions on 2026-09-21 (Top Free): #19 SD, #26 LY, #26 TL, #28 MR, #34 PG, #35 DO, #40 PS, #41 CU (best 8 shown) — charts in 158 of 203 markets scanned

### Latest readings

| Date (UTC) | Lifetime downloads | Added |
|---|---:|---:|
| 2026-09-15 | 17,639,370 | — |
| 2026-09-16 | 17,713,465 | +74,095 |
| 2026-09-17 | 17,713,465 | held |
| 2026-09-18 | 17,777,195 | +63,730 |
| 2026-09-19 | 17,777,195 | held |
| 2026-09-20 | 17,777,195 | held |
| 2026-09-21 | 17,777,195 | held |

"held" means Google's own counter showed the same figure as the day before — it is a real reading, not a missed one.

Showing the latest 7 of 46 readings. Signed-in followers see the full curve from the day they followed.

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