<p>Kevin Smith/Business Insider Messenger service WhatsApp has leapfrogged Facebook to become the leading mobile social messaging service.</p><p>According to the results of a survey of nearly 4,000 smartphone users in five countries, 44 percent used WhatsApp at least once a week, compared to 35 percent using Facebook messenger.</p><p>On Device's report revealed that social messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, BBM and WeChat, dominated the way people communicate via mobile, eclipsing calls and texts with 86 percent using social messaging daily. 73 percent, 75 per cent and 60 percent said they used their handset daily for voice calls, SMS and email respectively.</p><p>Back in April, WhatsApp chief executive Jan Koum said the service had more users than Twitter and carried more messages than Facebook.</p><p><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/whatsapp-facebook-comparison-2013-11">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/11/26/these-numbers-show-facebook-is-trailing-social-messaging-apps-globally/">These Numbers Show Facebook Is Trailing Social Messaging Apps Globally</a> (Forbes)</p><p><a href="http://www.independent.ie/business/whatsapp-overtakes-facebook-as-leading-mobile-messaging-service-29798522.html">WhatsApp &#039;overtakes Facebook as leading mobile messaging service&#039;</a> (Irish Independent)</p><p><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jwherrman/who-will-own-the-next-great-instant-messaging-service">Who Will Own The Next Great Instant Messaging Service?</a> (BuzzFeed)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=df0DkZthxKthpDMrBniYrJ-nidioM&ned=us">34 additional articles.</a></p>