🆚 Reddit vs. WhatsApp

Type

Social media platform
Instant messaging app

About

Reddit is a social news aggregation, discussion forum, and social networking platform where content is submitted, discussed, and ranked by community voting from registered members known as "redditors".

The platform is organized into user-moderated communities called subreddits and supports pseudonymous participation, threaded discussions, customizable feeds, live chat, developer APIs, and age-restricted NSFW communities governed by content policies and moderation rules.

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WhatsApp is a cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication.

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

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Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️Ad-supported
Reddit Premium$5.99/month
Free ✔️
WhatsApp Business, US rate per conversation
Free version ✔️1,000 free service conversations/month
Marketing$0.025
Authentication$0.0135
Utility$0.004
Service$0

Categories

Social Media › Rank #19
Social Media › Rank #5
Instant Messaging › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WhatsApp instant messaging app is 15 times more popular than Reddit.
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 Russia, while Reddit is more popular in Vietnam, Isle of Man, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Brazil
India
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Indonesia
Italy
Thailand
United States
Argentina

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WhatsApp is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Reddit is more commonly used on games sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Travel
Education/Reference
Fashion/Beauty
Health
Blogs/Wiki
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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See also

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