Why isn't WeChat popular outside China?

WeChat is an app that is widely popular in China. With over one hundred million users in only a short amount of time, it has become a big success in the tech industry. The company, Tencent, who is responsible for putting this app out on the market, is certainly making lots of money. However, WeChat hasn’t spread as quickly to the western world. It probably has spread throughout China and other countries near China, but not to the United States.

The main reason for its stabilization is that many apps that were created in one country stay in one country. This is because it has parts and words that are only known in that one country. Also, it doesn’t convert money to U.S. dollars like Paypal does.