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May 9, 2001
It took AOL Time Warner’s ICQ instant messenger service just four years to hit 100 million members, but AOL’s dream of turning ICQ into a business has yet to materialize.
The media giant on Wednesday celebrated the passing of the 100 million mark by touting ICQ’s popularity and rapid growth through “viral marketing and word of mouth.” ICQ has quickly grown to be one of the most popular IM services on the planet. Along with AOL Instant Messenger, it gives AOL the two largest IM services based on usage.
Still, AOL counts a registered user every time someone downloads the ICQ software on the Web and then establishes an identity with the service. Someone who downloads and registers twice will be counted as two registered users. AOL would not disclose how many of its 100 million are active users. In October, ICQ had 70 million registered users but only 20 million were active.
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