Called “the biggest internet phenomenon since the app store,” messenger bots are the new social media.

“Chat apps will come to be thought of as the new browsers; bots will be the new websites. This is the beginning of a new Internet.” – Ted Livingston, founder of Kik.

“A quarter of all downloaded apps are abandoned after a single use. Only instant messaging bucks the trend. Over 2.5 billion people have at least one messaging app installed. Within a couple of years, that will reach 3.6 billion, about half of humanity.”  – The Economist.

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