🆚 Pinterest vs. WhatsApp

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 WhatsApp is slightly more popular than Pinterest.
🌎 WhatsApp is more popular in Brazil, India, and Indonesia.
🌎 Pinterest is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

Type

Social media platform

Instant messaging app

About

Pinterest is a social media platform for sharing and categorizing images in the form of pinboards.

WhatsApp is an instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Meta.

It allows users to send text and voice messages, share photos, videos, documents, and locations, make voice and video calls including group calls, supports end-to-end encryption, and provides a Business API for large-scale messaging and automation.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

pinterest.com #15

whatsapp.com #48

Pricing

Free ✔️

WhatsApp Business, US rate per conversationFree version ✔️1,000 free service conversations/month
Marketing$0.025
Authentication$0.0135
Utility$0.004
Service$0

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WhatsApp instant messaging app is 1.3 times more popular than Pinterest.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WhatsApp is more popular in Brazil, India, and Indonesia, while Pinterest is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

United States

Brazil

India

Indonesia

Russia

Spain

Italy

Turkey

United Kingdom

Thailand

Awards

⭐ 5th most popular in the United States in the Social Media category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Vietnam in the Social Media category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Belgium in the Social Media category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Bulgaria in the Social Media category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Lithuania in the Social Media category.

🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in India in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Turkey in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WhatsApp is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and education and reference, while Pinterest is more commonly used on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Blogs/Wiki

Travel

Fashion/Beauty

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Real Estate

Health