WhatsApp, Doc?

This is a large-scale dataset collected from WhatsApp public groups. It has been created from 178 public groups containing around 45K users and 454K messages. This dataset allows researchers to ask questions like (i) Are WhatsApp groups a broadcast, multicast or unicast medium? (ii) How interactive are users, and how do these interactions emerge over time? (iii) What geographical span do WhatsApp groups have, and how does geographical placement impact interaction dynamics? (iv) What role does multimedia content play in WhatsApp groups, and how do users form interaction around multimedia content? (v) What is the potential of WhatsApp data in answering further social science questions, particularly in relation to bias and representability?