🆚 VK vs. WhatsApp

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

Pricing

Free ✔️
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 #9
Social Media › Rank #5
Instant Messaging › Rank #1

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

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
General News
Blogs/Wiki
Fashion/Beauty
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#277
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Name
Rank
moneycontrol.com
#434
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See also

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