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256
256 -- broadcast list contact cap for WhatsApp Business app (2026)
A classic broadcast list in the free WhatsApp Business app is capped at 256 contacts.
- Only reaches contacts who have saved the business number in their address book
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256
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2026
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Meta
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Tier B
https://www.useinvent.com/blog/whatsapp-broadcast-complete-guide ↗
Source Article
WhatsApp Business Broadcast: Complete 2026 Guide
Last updated: September 2026
TL;DR
- A WhatsApp business broadcast sends one message to many people at once, but each person receives it as a private one-to-one chat, so it feels personal, not like a group blast.
- There are two very different versions: the free WhatsApp Business app "broadcast list…
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WhatsApp Business app: 256 broadcast list contact cap. Source: Meta (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/whatsapp-app-broadcast-list-cap-256
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