WhatsApp

How WhatsApp works in each country we track, and the local alternative where it doesn't.

• China🔴Blocked

  WhatsApp is blocked by the firewall. Everyone in China uses WeChat for messaging.

  Use instead: WeChat

• France🟢Works fine

  WhatsApp is widely used across France for personal and some business messaging.

• Ghana🟢Works fine

  WhatsApp is widely used and accessible.

• Japan🟡Local app preferred

  WhatsApp works but is rarely used. LINE is the standard messaging app in Japan.

  Use instead: LINE

• Liberia🟢Works fine

  WhatsApp is the main way people communicate in Liberia where data is available.

• Mexico🟢Works fine

  WhatsApp is the default way people communicate in Mexico — businesses included.

• Thailand🟡Local app preferred

  WhatsApp works, but almost everyone in Thailand communicates on LINE — hotels and tour operators included.

  Use instead: LINE