After registering a new account, first bind your email and upload a clear profile picture. On the first day, add at least 5 friends who have been active for over 30 days, but do not send messages. Stay online for 7 days but avoid sending any links or files. Starting on the 3rd day, do a 10-minute video call daily to warm up the account. Use the official app and turn off the automatic download function. Keeping the total number of messages sent in the first month below 1000 can reduce the risk of account suspension by 80%.

​Notes for New Account Registration​​

According to official Meta data and community feedback, a brand-new WhatsApp account is at the highest risk within the ​first 24 hours​​ after registration, with an account suspension rate exceeding ​30%​​. This is mainly because the system’s automated risk control mechanism strictly scrutinizes new accounts during this phase, and any abnormal behavior can trigger an alert. Therefore, every step of the registration process is crucial and directly determines the account’s “​initial credibility​​.”

The first step of registration is to prepare a clean SIM card. It is highly recommended to use a ​physical SIM card​​ from your country or region; a prepaid card is also acceptable. Avoid using virtual numbers (VoIP numbers) or unknown second-hand SIM cards for registration. Data shows that the failure rate for accounts registered with a ​virtual number​​ (such as Google Voice) is extremely high, with approximately ​over 80%​​ of accounts either failing verification directly or being suspended within a week. This is because these number ranges have been heavily flagged by the WhatsApp system. The mobile device used for registration should also be kept as “clean” as possible. The ideal state is to use a smartphone that has not registered or logged into another WhatsApp account for at least ​90 days​​. Frequently changing devices for an account can lead to association, increasing the risk for new numbers.

The stability of the registration environment is another core factor. Be sure to use a stable and trusted local mobile network (4G/5G) for receiving the SMS verification code and for the registration process. ​Absolutely avoid​​ using any VPN or proxy server during registration. Frequent changes in IP addresses or an abnormal location (for example, being in Taiwan but showing a US IP) will immediately trigger risk control. A stable IP address is the foundation for building trust. The entire registration process should be completed in one go, from sending the verification request to entering the 6-digit verification code, ideally within ​3 minutes​​.

After successfully receiving and entering the verification code, the account appears to be open, but it is still in the system’s “observation period.” Many users at this point are eager to start adding a large number of ​contacts​​ or sending mass messages, which is a fatal mistake. The correct approach is: after completing the basic profile setup (such as setting a simple username), ​leave the application running in the background for at least 2 hours​​ without any active operations. This “silent period” helps the account’s network signal (IP) and device information (IMEI) stabilize within Meta’s system, establishing initial credibility.

The table below summarizes the comparison of key registration factors:

Be sure to fill out your personal information accurately in one go. This includes your ​​name​​ (it’s recommended to use your real or common name) and ​​status​​. Avoid using exaggerated, obviously promotional, or blank names (e.g., “Best Shopper,” “Customer Service 001”). An account that looks like it belongs to a real person will have a higher initial trust score. By following all these steps, your new WhatsApp account will have a solid foundation, ready for subsequent normal use.

​Usage Rhythm in the First Few Days​​

Successfully registering a new WhatsApp account is just the first step. The next ​72 hours​​ are a critical observation period for the system, with approximately ​40%​​ of account suspensions occurring during this phase. Meta’s risk control system will closely monitor the account’s behavior patterns during this time, comparing them with the normal usage data of over ​2 billion​​ users worldwide. Any abnormal activity, communication frequency, or rapid expansion of the ​social graph​​ will be flagged as high-risk behavior. Therefore, simulating the initial growth curve of a real user is crucial. The core of this is a “low-frequency, slow-start, progressive” interaction strategy.

The ​first 24 hours​​ after registration is the “silent adaptation period.” Besides completing your ​profile​​ (uploading a clear but not commercial profile picture and setting a simple status), ​do not initiate any chats​​. The goal of this phase is to allow the account’s network fingerprint (IP address) and device fingerprint (device model, system version) to stabilize in the system with your phone number. You can passively receive one or two messages from family members or close friends and reply briefly, with each reply controlled to be within ​20 characters​​, and the time interval between replies should be at least ​1 hour​​. The number of chats you actively initiate throughout the day should be ​0​​, and the total number of passive replies should not exceed ​3​​. At the same time, absolutely do not send or receive any multimedia files (pictures, videos, documents) during this phase.

Entering the ​second and third day​​ after registration, you can begin to engage in very limited active interactions. Within the entire ​48 hours​​, the total number of chats you actively initiate (i.e., you send the first message) should be controlled to be within ​5 times​​. These 5 opportunities should be distributed among different contacts with whom you have a real social connection (e.g., family, colleagues). The content of each message should be a casual greeting, with a word count between ​15 and 30 characters​​, such as “How have you been?” or “How is the project progressing?” The interval between sending messages should be at least ​3 hours​​, avoiding dense operations in a short period. At the same time, you can start slowly adding contacts from your phone’s address book. The recommended rate is to add ​5 to 8 people​​ every ​12 hours​​, ensuring that the total number of contacts on your list does not exceed ​20 people​​ by the end of the third day. The reply frequency in this phase can be slightly increased, but the total number of all types of messages sent in a single day (active + passive) should not exceed ​15​​.

Regarding group operations, you must be extremely cautious in the first three days. ​Absolutely do not​​ create any groups during this phase. Joining existing groups also requires special care. It’s recommended to join only ​1​​ small-scale (fewer than ​15​​ members), moderately active group within ​72 hours​​. After joining, you should remain completely silent for the first ​6 hours​​, only reading messages. In the next ​24 hours​​, the number of times you speak in the group (including sending emojis) should not exceed ​2​​. Joining multiple large groups too early or speaking frequently in groups will be immediately judged by the system as marketing or spam behavior, triggering an account suspension probability of over ​50%​​.

By the ​fourth to seventh day​​, you can gradually increase various activity metrics to a normal level. For example, gradually increase the number of daily chats you actively initiate from ​5 times​​ to ​10 times​​, and slowly increase the total daily message volume from ​15​​ to ​30​​. The speed of adding contacts can also be relaxed to ​10 to 15 people​​ per day. This linear growth model simulates the process of a real user gradually becoming familiar with and frequently using the app. The system will accordingly raise your account’s credibility score from “new account” to “stable normal account,” thereby greatly reducing subsequent monitoring intensity and laying the foundation for long-term stable use.

​Preparation Before Adding Friends​​

On WhatsApp, actively adding contacts is a key step to building your social graph, but it’s also one of the riskiest activities for triggering risk control. Data shows that a new account that has been registered for less than ​7 days​​ and continuously adds more than ​15​​ contacts within ​1 hour​​ will see its probability of being flagged by the risk control system surge to over ​65%​​. This is not because the adding behavior itself is a problem, but because the “machine-like” operational pattern deviates significantly from the social habits of a normal user. The median number of contacts a normal user naturally adds in a ​week​​ is about ​12​​, and the adding behavior is random and dispersed. Therefore, “warming up” and preparing before adding is crucial. The core of this is to make the account first simulate a real user’s active profile.

​Key preparation principle: Before the first large-scale adding of contacts, ensure that your account has accumulated at least 5 days of normal activity records, with a stable daily message send/receive volume of over 20 messages, and has had multimedia (picture or voice) interaction with at least 3 friends.​​

The first preparation step is to ​complete the account’s “social proof”​​. An “empty shell” account with only a profile picture and number that sends an add request is highly likely to be mistaken for a spam or scam account by the recipient, leading to a report. You should ​100%​​ complete your personal information before adding: upload a clear, front-facing profile picture of a real person (not a corporate logo or landscape photo), fill in your name (it’s recommended to match how your friends store your name in their phone address book), and set a simple status (e.g., “At work, will reply later”). This can increase the acceptance rate of your add requests by about ​40%​​ and significantly reduce the risk of risk control due to a report from the recipient. A real, complete-looking account image is the first guarantee of a successful add.

Secondly, you must ​pre-screen and organize​​ your phone’s address book. WhatsApp’s adding mechanism is highly dependent on a two-way phone address book match. Before clicking the “Add” button, please ensure that the numbers of the contacts you want to add in your phone’s address book contain the complete ​international dialing code​​ (for example: +886 912 345 678, not 0912 345 678). A local format number without an international dialing code can have a matching failure rate as high as ​90%​​, and the act of repeatedly trying to add invalid numbers itself will be recorded as abnormal behavior by the system. It is recommended to keep the total number of contacts in your address book below ​200 people​​ after organization and group them according to their relationship to you, preparing for subsequent batch, slow adding.

Before clicking “Confirm Add,” be sure to ​evaluate the stability of your current network environment​​. It is strongly recommended to perform bulk adding operations on a ​stable Wi-Fi or 5G mobile network​​, and absolutely avoid doing so in a public network or VPN environment. Once you start adding, you must strictly control the ​frequency and pace​​ of adding. A safe adding pattern is: add no more than ​5​​ contacts continuously within ​1 minute​​. After completing a group of adds, the account should maintain at least ​30 minutes​​ of other normal operations (such as browsing statuses, chatting with already-added friends) before proceeding with the next group of adds. The total number of contacts added in a single day should not exceed ​25 people​​, and should be distributed throughout different times of the day (e.g., morning, afternoon, evening) to simulate human random social behavior and safely navigate the peak adding period.

​Essentials for Long-Term Stable Use​​

When your WhatsApp account has been operating smoothly for more than ​30 days​​, the overall risk of suspension will drop from the initial ​30%​​ to below ​5%​​. However, this doesn’t mean you can rest easy. Data shows that about ​30%​​ of account suspensions still occur during the stable period, almost always due to the cumulative effect of long-term improper operations that trigger risk control. The system’s monitoring is continuous; it establishes a “behavior baseline” for your account, and any significant deviation from that baseline will trigger a review. Therefore, long-term stability relies on three main pillars: ​device and network stability, consistency of behavior patterns, and content compliance​​.

Long-term stability of the device and network is the cornerstone. A single phone that has continuously used the same SIM card and account for over ​180 days​​ will have its device credibility reach its highest value. You should try to avoid changing mobile devices or SIM cards. If you must change, be sure to perform a complete “log out” operation on the old device and ensure that the new device uses the ​same local network environment (e.g., home Wi-Fi)​​ for the first log-in. The interval between two device changes should be greater than ​90 days​​. Frequent device changes (for example, changing more than ​2 times​​ within ​30 days​​) will immediately and significantly increase the chance of your account being reviewed. The same principle applies to the network environment: you should try to use the account under ​1-2​​ fixed, trusted networks (e.g., home and office networks) for over ​80%​​ of the time, and avoid switching between more than ​3​​ different city or country IP addresses within a ​week​​.

Daily behavior patterns must simulate the randomness and diversity of a real user. A healthy, stable account does not have unchanging daily activities. During the daytime ​8-hour​​ work period from Monday to Friday, the message sending frequency may be higher, but the total daily sending volume should have a reasonable fluctuation range, for example, between ​20 and 50 messages​​, instead of a precise ​30 messages​​ every day. Weekend activity levels and active time slots should have natural variations. Two-way chats with ​5-10​​ core contacts should account for over ​70%​​ of the total chat volume, which is much safer than having ​500​​ contacts with very little interaction. ​Absolutely avoid​​ performing robotic operations at fixed times every day (for example, at the ​00 minute​​ of every hour). The system is extremely sensitive to this kind of precise periodic behavior.

At the content level, long-term maintenance requires strict adherence to the ​platform rules​​. The following restrictions on key operations are based on a large amount of account data to determine safe boundaries:

Get into the habit of regular backups. While this doesn’t directly affect risk control, it can ensure minimal loss in extreme situations. It’s recommended to enable automatic backups to Google Drive or iCloud and set the backup frequency to ​once per week​​. At the same time, manually perform a local backup at least ​once every 30 days​​ to ensure the data is foolproof. By following the above points, your WhatsApp account can achieve long-term, stable, and normal use with a very high probability.