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Meta Handles 8.4 Billion Messages in Five Minutes

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Meta Engineering reports that WhatsApp delivered nearly 8.4 billion messages in a single five-minute window during the 2026 World Cup final. This peak occurred on July 19 between Argentina and Spain, representing 1.23 times the previous record of 29 million messages per second.

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