🆚 VK vs. WhatsApp

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 WhatsApp is four times more popular than VK.
🌎 WhatsApp is more popular in Brazil, India, and Spain.
🌍 VK is more popular in Russia, Belarus, and Estonia.

Type

Social media platform

Instant messaging app

About

VK is a Russian social media and social networking service that allows users to communicate, share content, and join online communities.

It supports personal profiles and groups, private and group messaging, news feeds, and sharing of photos, videos, and music.

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

Moscow, Russia

Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

vk.com #39

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 4 times more popular than VK.

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 Spain, while VK is more popular in Russia, Belarus, and Estonia.

Russia

Brazil

India

Spain

Turkey

Indonesia

Italy

Thailand

Argentina

United States

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Social Media category.
🥉 Third most popular in Belarus in the Social Media category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Kazakhstan in the Social Media category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Kyrgyzstan in the Social Media category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Uzbekistan 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 online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while VK is more commonly used on general news, blogs and wiki, and entertainment sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Health

General News

Blogs/Wiki

Fashion/Beauty