WhatsApp Application

The following page provides details on domains, networks, IPs, hosting services, and content delivery networks used by WhatsApp.

Description

WhatsApp allows users to send text messages, make voice and video calls, and share multimedia messages such as photos and videos. It is a product from Meta/Facebook.

Full Name	WhatsApp Messenger
Category	Messaging
Web Link	WhatsApp - Home Page

Application Domains

The application domains data shown here is available in our Netify Data Feeds solution. The data is accessible via our IP API as well as downloadable datasets.

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Domains

Primary Domains

Primary Domains are owned and managed by the application vendor.

Platform Domains are often provided by hosting providers, content delivery networks, SaaS platforms and other third parties. It is important to identify these domains for DNS filters and hostname blocklists.

Platform Domains

AWS Global Accelerator

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and 1 more

Protocol and Port Statistics

Protocol	Port
WhatsApp Call	UDP 3482
WhatsApp Call	UDP 3478
WhatsApp Chat	TCP 80
WhatsApp Chat	TCP 443
WhatsApp Chat	TCP 5222

and 5 more

Netify DPI and Intelligence
This application uses a specialized protocol to establish peer-to-peer connections between two devices. The best way to properly identify WhatsApp on the network is by using Netify DPI.

Hosting

Cloud hosting vendors like AWS and Microsoft Azure provide cloud-based computing and network resources to deliver applications. The hosting platforms used by WhatsApp are summarized below by geographical points-of-presence (PoP). Each PoP can host many IPs to deliver an application.

Cloud Hosts	# of IPs
AWS Global Accelerator	7

Host	PoP	Location	IPs
AWS Global Accelerator	Anycast	Global	7 IPs

Content Delivery Network - Company CDN

WhatsApp uses an in-house company content delivery network (CDN). The CDN delivers content to very edge of the network and is often hosted inside Internet Service Provider (ISP) networks.

Edge CDN	# of IPs
Meta CDN	13394

Network	PoP	Location	Category	Sample IP
Airtel	Pune	India	ISP/Telco	116.119.56.98
Jio	Pune	India	ISP/Telco	49.44.244.33
Vi	Kochi	India	ISP/Telco	1.38.9.98
Jio	Jaipur	India	ISP/Telco	49.44.172.162
China Mobile	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hosting	182.239.127.226
Odido	Rotterdam	Netherlands	ISP/Telco	37.143.80.228
Delta Telecom	Baku	Azerbaijan	ISP/Telco	62.212.240.35
Telefonica	Sao Paulo	Brazil	ISP/Telco	201.0.227.225
Singtel	Singapore	Singapore	ISP/Telco	165.21.38.32
Digicel	Providenciales	Turks and Caicos Islands	ISP/Telco	204.110.59.160
Telefonica	Sao Paulo	Brazil	ISP/Telco	201.0.231.161
Airtel	Raipur	India	ISP/Telco	116.119.78.34
Telefonica	Lima	Peru	ISP/Telco	181.64.63.226
PLDT	Manila	Philippines	ISP/Telco	202.138.172.227
Etisalat	Fujairah	United Arab Emirates	ISP/Telco	5.195.172.163