Evolution and Influence of WhatsApp: A Bird's Eye View Introduction Within the confines of digital communication, very few applications have managed to make the statement that WhatsApp does. Since it was launched in 2009, WhatsApp has been changing the way people interact with each other; this platform is easy, trustworthy, and safe for messaging and calls. The number of users running independently to a massive 2 billion globally is itself a big nod to the maxim of seamless communication in the ever-connected world. The Birth of WhatsApp WhatsApp was founded by two former Yahoo employees, Jan Koum and Brian Acton. The initial idea was simply an application that allowed users to put a status next to their names, showing whether they would be available or not. But this idea blossomed into a full-fledged messaging application. And then the introduction of push notification features changed everyt