It ends WhatsApp’s decade-plus run of offering an ad-free messaging and calling experience. Meta, which acquired WhatsApp in 2014, attempted to justify the decision by saying ads will be sequestered ...

After years of providing free services without any bells attached, WhatsApp is now going to start showing ads on the popular chat app. To be clear, users will only see ads on the Status screen — the ...

Meta plans to introduce advertisements on WhatsApp Status. This move aims to tap into WhatsApp's large user base. WhatsApp ...

On June 16, WhatsApp announced that ads were coming to the platform for the first time. Meta – which owns WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram – said these would appear in WhatsApp's "Updates" tab.

Meta is finally bringing ads to WhatsApp, 11 years after the social media giant acquired the platform, whose founders avoided advertising. The messaging app, acquired for $19 billion by Meta, is ...

Meta rolls out WhatsApp ads and Channel subscriptions as part of a strategy to make money from the app.

For the first time since launching in 2009, WhatsApp will now show users advertisements. The ads are “rolling out gradually,” the company said.

The cofounders of WhatsApp resisted ads in the app for years, including after the company was acquired by Meta for $22 billion in 2014. Brian Acton and Jan Koum left the company in 2017 and 2018 ...

More than a decade after it acquired WhatsApp, Meta will begin showing ads within the app.

WhatsApp is rolling out new ad features including a subscription model that will allow channels to offer exclusive content for a monthly fee.

Meta announced that it is adding ads and subscriptions to its WhatsApp messaging app in a June 16 press release.. The social media giant, primarily known as the parent company of Facebook, said ...

Meta Platforms Inc. will begin showing ads inside of its WhatsApp messaging service, ... Site feedback: Take our Survey. By Kurt Wagner. June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM EDT ...