Hidden WhatsApp menu reveals how many texts you’ve EVER sent – and even exact amount of time you’ve spent on the phone
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EVER wondered how many texts you've sent on WhatsApp? Well you can find out – and it's probably more than you thought. In fact, a hidden menu on WhatsApp can reveal loads of fun info about your phone habits. It also serves up the total number of texts you've received, and even exactly how much time you've spent on the phone.
![[Whatsapp network usage: 196,231 messages sent, 620,546 received.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-stats-003.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
And once you've got the info, you can compare it to your friends and family to see who is the real WhatsApp obsessive. To find your hidden stats, just boot up WhatsApp and then go into the Settings menu. Now tap on Storage and Data, then look for the Network subheader.
![[WhatsApp settings menu.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-stats-001.jpg?strip=all&w=677)
Next, tap on Network Usage to find a long list of stats about what you've been up to. For Messages, you'll be able to see how many texts you've sent and received. It'll also display the amount of data that these messages have used. You can also see the data that your chat media has used up too.
![[WhatsApp storage and data settings.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-stats-002.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
It's worth noting that your received texts will almost certainly be much higher than your sent texts. That doesn't necessarily mean you're super popular: it's actually the result of group chats. Group chats mean you're far more likely to be bombarded with more texts than you're sending.
![[WhatsApp call statistics: 257 outgoing calls, 266 incoming calls, 1.43 GB sent, 1.72 GB received, total time 1 day 37 minutes.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-stats-004.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
However, if you're in loads of group chats and your Sent Text read-out is higher than your Received Text count, it probably means you're a textaholic. WhatsApp's stats page will also show info on your phone calls made through the app. You can see the number of outgoing and incoming calls – and, again, how much data they've used.
![[WhatsApp storage details showing usage by chats and channels.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/whatsapp-stats-006.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
