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2 million connections, one server

Name: 2 million connections, one server
Uploaded: 2026-10-27T09:09:10.000Z
Duration: 2 min 51 s
Channel: Himanshu Kukreja
Description: How one WhatsApp server held 2,277,845 open connections in January 2012 with CPU to spare, and how, two years later, 32 engineers were behind a service with over 450 million monthly users.

How one WhatsApp server held 2,277,845 open connections in January 2012 with CPU to spare, and how, two years later, 32 engineers were behind a service with over 450 million monthly users.

01 · One server

2,277,845 connections. One server.

2,277,845 connections, one server

January 2012.