🆚 KakaoTalk vs. Max
- 📈 KakaoTalk is twice as popular as Max.
- 🌎 KakaoTalk is more popular in Korea, Japan, and the United States.
- 🌍 Max is more popular in Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data
KakaoTalk
MaxType
Instant messaging app
Instant messaging app
About
KakaoTalk is a Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.
Max is a Russian instant messaging platform integrated into the country's national digital ecosystem.
The platform supports text and voice messaging, group chats, file sharing, and integration with government services through the Gosuslugi portal, and is being developed as a domestic replacement for foreign messaging apps such as 
Telegram and 
WhatsApp.
Headquarters
Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea
Moscow, Russia
kakaocorp.comPricing
Free ✔️
Free ✔️
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The KakaoTalk instant messaging app is 2.1 times more popular than Max.
Total websites
Market share
Instant Messaging
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
KakaoTalk is more popular in Korea, Japan, and the United States, while Max is more popular in Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan.
Korea
Russia
Japan
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
Germany
Belarus
France
Spain
Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Korea in the Instant Messaging category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Japan in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Instant Messaging category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Russia in the Social Media category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
KakaoTalk is more popular among sites focused on online shopping and fashion and beauty, while Max is more commonly used on business, health, and education and reference sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Health
Education/Reference
General News
Marketing/Merchandising
Travel
Government/Military
Blogs/Wiki
Public Information
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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VK company profile🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,531,795 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.