Rascasse Audience Intelligence

WhatsApp Audience in Mexico

A data profile of the people who buy, follow and care about WhatsApp in Mexico — modelled from more than twelve digital signal sources. WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 13,114,855 people in Mexico.

The average WhatsApp fan in Mexico is 33.3 years old, balanced, and lives primarily in State of Mexico.

The audience is concentrated in State of Mexico, Distrito Federal, Jalisco.

Top brand affinities include Instant messaging, Videotelephony, Voice over IP, with strongest over-indexing on Instant messaging (1.73× the country average).

Demographically, the WhatsApp audience skews balanced with an average age of 33.3, and over-indexes on personality traits such as Patriotism, Price Sensitivity.

Compared to the country baseline, this audience shows distinctive patterns across 20 brand affinities and 25 regions tracked by Rascasse.

The typical WhatsApp fan in Mexico is balanced, around 33.3 years old, with strong Patriotism tendencies and a notable affinity for Instant messaging.

Category: Internet & Social Media · Type: Website / Newspaper / Magazine · Subtype: Social media

The data on this page comes from the Rascasse audience panel and is refreshed monthly from search, social and browsing signals. As of 2026-08-10.

Section 01

At a glance

The key figures that characterise the WhatsApp profile in Mexico.

Audience size
13.1M
in Mexico
Gender
54.7%
45.3% male
Age
33.3
average years
Country rank
#56
Website / Newspaper / Magazine in Mexico
Fig. 01

Search interest · 12-month trend

+22%
vs. last year
JanMarMayJulSepNov
Monthly searches · Source: Rascasse Audience Intelligence
Section 02

Audience demographics of WhatsApp

54.7% are female, 45.3% are male, average age 33.3.

Fig. 02

Gender split

54.7%
Female
45.3%
Male
Demographic split for WhatsApp audience in Mexico
MetricValue
Female54.7%
Male45.3%
Average age33.3
Estimated audience size13,114,855
Fig. 03

Age distribution

Ø 33.3
average years
Age distribution of the WhatsApp audience in Mexico
Age bracketShare%
16-1934%
20-2922%
30-3919%
40-4916%
50+9%
Fig. 04

Worldwide distribution

1.9%

of the worldwide WhatsApp audience comes from Mexico.

Worldwide audience distribution share by country for WhatsApp
CountryShare
China7.5%
United States4.2%
Brazil4.0%
Section 03
Affinity (×) = how much more likely a member of this audience is to live in a region than the Mexico average. Example: 2.0× means twice as concentrated as the national baseline.

Geography

Where the WhatsApp audience in Mexico is strongest.

Fig. 05

Top regions by affinity

WhatsApp fans by region: top regions in Mexico
#RegionReachAffinity×
01Puebla~900K1.29×
02State of Mexico~2.5M1.27×
03Distrito Federal~2M1.24×
04Chiapas~400K1.13×
05Jalisco~1M1.10×
06Guanajuato~700K1.10×
07Michoacan de Ocampo~500K1.10×
08Veracruz (state)~800K1.08×
09Hidalgo~300K1.05×
10Guerrero~300K1.03×
11Morelos~200K1.02×
12Yucatan~300K0.99×
13Coahuila de Zaragoza~400K0.97×
14Nuevo Leon~800K0.96×
15Tlaxcala~100K0.96×
16Colima~80K0.96×
17Chihuahua~400K0.95×
18Durango~200K0.91×
19Zacatecas~200K0.91×
20Aguascalientes~100K0.89×
21Baja California~500K0.88×
22Nayarit~100K0.87×
23Baja California Sur~90K0.84×
24Campeche~80K0.83×
25Sinaloa~200K0.68×
Section 04
Brands and entities this audience over-indexes on, vs. the country average.

Audience interests & affinities

The strongest cross-interests of the WhatsApp audience — brands, topics and people combined.

Fig. 07

Top cross-interests, ranked by affinity

Top brand affinities (over-index vs. country average) for WhatsApp audience
#·InterestCategoryAffinity×
01Lotte Department StoreFashion & Accessoires2.38×
02IndomaretFood & Beverages2.08×
03The Scorpion KingMovies & TV1.89×
04Lea MicheleMovies & TV1.86×
05Astro (Malaysian satellite television)Movies & TV1.85×
06Erlang (programming language)Technology & Electronics1.76×
07Shane McMahonFood & Beverages1.76×
08Instant messagingInternet & Social Media1.73×
09Jabatan Perkhidmatan AwamPolitics & Society1.73×
10SmartfrenBusiness & Career1.71×
11VideotelephonyTechnology & Electronics1.69×
12Google ImagesInternet & Social Media1.69×
13Voice over IPTechnology & Electronics1.67×
14Rohit SharmaSports1.64×
15CIMBBusiness & Career1.56×
16L'BelShopping1.54×
17GlashütteTravel & Leisure1.54×
18A Good YearMovies & TV1.54×
19TV9 (Malaysia)Movies & TV1.54×
20Ministry of Education (Malaysia)Politics & Society1.51×
Section 05
Top six personality traits over-indexed by this audience (1.0 = country average).

Personality of the WhatsApp audience

Values above 1.00× are above the country average, values below 1.00× below it.

Fig. 08

Deviation from the national baseline

What stands out
The strongest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · What stands out
TraitClusterDeviationScore
PatriotismCONSERVATISM1.05×
Price SensitivityPREMIUM1.05×
Social Media UsageJOY1.04×
1.00× baseline
Rather not
The weakest tendencies
Top personality traits over-indexed by WhatsApp audience · Rather not
TraitClusterDeviationScore
Luxury OrientationPREMIUM0.80×
SustainabilityBALANCE0.84×
Early Adopter MentalityPOWER0.85×
1.00× baseline
Section 06

Frequently asked questions

01

How many fans does WhatsApp have in Mexico?

WhatsApp has an estimated audience of 13,114,855 people in Mexico, concentrated in State of Mexico and Distrito Federal.

02

What is the gender split and age of WhatsApp fans?

54.7% of WhatsApp fans are female, 45.3% are male, with an average age of 33.3 years.

03

Which brands do WhatsApp fans like most?

WhatsApp fans show strongest brand affinity for Instant messaging (1.73×), Videotelephony (1.69×), and Voice over IP (1.67×) over the country average.

04

Where do WhatsApp fans live in Mexico?

WhatsApp fans in Mexico are most concentrated in State of Mexico (reach ~2.5M), Distrito Federal (reach ~2M), and Jalisco (reach ~1M). These three regions account for the largest share of the active audience.

05

What other brands do WhatsApp fans also like?

Beyond WhatsApp itself, the audience over-indexes on Videotelephony (1.69×), Voice over IP (1.67×), Erlang (programming language) (1.76×), and Google Images (1.69×) compared to the Mexico average.

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How to read this data

Audience size is the estimated number of people in Mexico who actively search for WhatsApp. Affinity is an over-index ratio: 2.0× means the audience is twice as likely to engage with that brand or trait as the country average. Reach is the estimated number of audience members in a region. Regional and brand-affinity tables are sorted from strongest signal to weakest.

About this audience profile

This audience profile is generated by Rascasse from anonymized search-behavior signals across Mexico. For methodology see methodology. Affinity values are over-index ratios vs. the country average (1.0 = baseline). Audience sizes are estimated, not measured.

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