Facebook Messenger is an Android app developed by Meta Platforms, Inc. (1 Hacker Way Menlo Park, CA 94025). Others apps created by Meta Platforms, Inc. are: Facebook Ads, Facebook, Facebook Lite, Messenger Lite, Meta Business Suite, Facebook Messenger Kids.

Facebook Messenger first became available on 30 Jan 2014. It is estimated that Facebook Messenger has been downloaded between 5000000000 and 10000000000 times from the Play Store.