B
Evidence Grade B
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250
250 -- messaging tier limit for WhatsApp Business Platform (2026)
New phone numbers on the WhatsApp Business Platform start with a limit of 250 unique customers per rolling 24 hours.
- Starting tier for new unverified numbers before volume progression or business verification
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Value
250
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Count
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Meta
Primary
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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Meta
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Meta messaging limits documentation
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WhatsApp Business Platform: 250 messaging tier limit. Source: Meta (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/whatsapp-platform-initial-messaging-tier-250
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