Apple’s iMessage adoption surges post-RCS e2ee rollout

Market overview

With RCS end-to-end encryption now available between iPhone and Android, iPhone users will increasingly default to iMessage over SMS. This shift will drive a measurable increase in iMessage’s market share in the U.S. within 6 months.

adoption prediction market

Implied probability (Yes)

70%

Source: user-generated

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