Perhaps the most fascinating trend in App Annie’s new March statistics is the transformation of the.Google Play Android app store into a messaging app distributor. No fewer than three out of four biggest revenue generators in the non-game app chart are now messaging apps; LINE at No.1, WhatsApp at No.3 and KakaoTalk at No.4. The iPhone’s non-game revenue chart is a bit lighter on messaging app but still features LINE at No.1 and WhatsApp at No.8. LINE is now clearly dominating WhatsApp in revenue generation despite WhatsApp’s superior download volumes. At the moment, WhatsApp is in the top-10 iPhone app chart in 143 countries. In 136 countries, it is the No.1 app. Looking at the last 12 months, WhatsApp is

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