🆚 KakaoTalk vs. WeChat

📈 WeChat is three times more popular than KakaoTalk.
🌎 WeChat is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States.
🌍 KakaoTalk is more popular in Korea and Japan.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

KakaoTalk

WeChat

Type

Instant messaging app

About

KakaoTalk is a Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.

WeChat (or Weixin in Chinese) is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services.

It supports text, voice, and video messaging, group chats, public accounts, and the Moments social feed, includes an integrated digital wallet and payments through WeChat Pay, and hosts mini-programs and third-party services within its ecosystem.

Headquarters

Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea

Shenzhen, China

Website

kakaocorp.com #1,049

wechat.com #15,218

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WeChat instant messaging app is 2.6 times more popular than KakaoTalk.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WeChat is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States, while KakaoTalk is more popular in Korea and Japan.

China

Korea

Hong Kong

United States

Japan

Netherlands

Cambodia

South Africa

Singapore

Taiwan

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Korea in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Japan in the Instant Messaging category.

🥇 Most popular in Hong Kong in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in China in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in China in the Social Media category.
🥉 Third most popular in Hong Kong in the Social Media category.
🥉 Third most popular in Cambodia in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WeChat is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and Internet services, while KakaoTalk is more commonly used on online shopping and fashion and beauty sites.

Business

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

Internet Services

Marketing/Merchandising

General News

Government/Military

Blogs/Wiki

Games

Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#3,071

#3,722

#4,077

#4,655

#5,393

Name

Rank

#224

#1,109

#2,049

#3,638

#5,356