Nimbuzz reaches 150 million worldwide user mark

Cross platform messaging app makers Nimbuzz today announced that it had breached the 150 million user mark in over 200 countries worldwide. The company revealed that more than 60 percent of the 150 million strong user base lies in Asia. An elated Nimbuzz released these figures, announcing a 100 percent year-over-year growth of the app. The messaging platform hit 50 million in August 2011 and 100 million in 2012, thereby doubling the size of its user base every year. Nimbuzz’s presence is the strongest in Asia, with India and Saudi Arabia being the two countries with the highest number of Nimbuzz users. Asia and the Middle East sport a figure of 78 million Nimbuzz users, followed by Africa with 16 million users, Europe with 10 million and USA with 9 million users. Nimbuzz supports over 5,000 devices across various platforms and is one of the few free messaging apps that have been designed for Java apps running feature phones. This feature of Nimbuzz is probably responsible for such steep numbers in countries like India and Saudi Arabia, where most people still find feature phones more affordable as compared to smartphones.Click here for full story