I'm very much like you. There are several apps that I use to communicate with a handful (or less) of people in the world. I see people on travel sites saying "Just use WhatsApp" and I'm more or less, yes it's installed on my phone and I use it with a couple people but it's certainly not something that most people I know use.
Probably something of a demographic (geography/age) thing.
WhatsApp is very much a geography thing; it's pretty ubiquitous in many countries but relatively unknown in the US.