KakaoTalk
Kakao, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, KoreaKakaoTalk is a Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.
According to our data, KakaoTalk is the 10th most popular instant messaging app on the web.
It has 1.3% of the instant messaging market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
Wikipedia💸 Pricing
KakaoTalk is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Instant Messaging
- Rank: 10
- Market share: 1.3%
🏆 KakaoTalk Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Korea in the Instant Messaging category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Japan in the Instant Messaging category.
⚡ Sites Using KakaoTalk
We have data on 3,613 websites that use the KakaoTalk instant messaging app. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using KakaoTalk is yes24.com.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _yxkZjR | #3,071 | Korea | Korean | |
| 2 | _xaxoxfQK | #3,722 | Korea | Korean | |
| 3 | _uKFHd | #4,077 | Korea | Korean | |
| 4 | _xfPgXu | #4,655 | Korea | Korean | |
| 5 | _xcDixdG | #5,393 | Korea | Korean | |
| 6 | _YYcYV | #5,511 | Korea | Korean | |
| 7 | _FVIyb | #5,963 | Korea | English | |
| 8 | _BxnANb | #10,203 | United States | Korean | |
| 9 | _eyUad | #12,142 | Korea | Korean | |
| 10 | _xbcxlxgd | #14,076 | Korea | Korean | |
| 11 | #14,156 | Korea | Korean | ||
| 12 | _rlLys | #15,034 | Korea | Korean | |
| 13 | _DIhWG | #15,039 | Korea | Korean | |
| 14 | _qxcRmxb | #16,097 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 15 | _txcexmj | #16,925 | Korea | Korean | |
| 16 | _xmfdxkC | #17,762 | Korea | Korean | |
| 17 | _zaLWK | #18,406 | Korea | Korean | |
| 18 | _pLxkxaj | #18,709 | Korea | Korean | |
| 19 | _PtKbb | #18,766 | Spain | American English | |
| 20 | _qUaxhK | #20,731 | Korea | Korean |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use KakaoTalk:
- are located in Korea
- have content in Korean
- use the .co.kr domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using KakaoTalk are from Korea.
- Korea 96.6%
- Japan 1.1%
- United States 1%
- Canada 0.2%
- United Kingdom 0.2%
- Australia 0.1%
- Germany 0.1%
- Spain 0.1%
- France 0.08%
- Other 0.5%
Most KakaoTalk users speak Korean or English.
- Korean 94.9%
- English 3.9%
- Kanuri 1%
- Japanese 0.1%
- German 0.08%
- Vietnamese 0.06%
- Arabic 0.03%
The KakaoTalk instant messaging app is especially popular on .co.kr, .com, and .kr top-level domains.
- .co.kr 38.4%
- .com 37.8%
- .kr 14.6%
- .net 2.7%
- .org 1.9%
- .ac.kr 1.9%
- .shop 0.2%
- .io 0.2%
- .me 0.2%
- Other 2.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing KakaoTalk include online shopping, business, and education and reference.
- Online Shopping 30.7%
- Business 18%
- Education/Reference 8.7%
- Fashion/Beauty 6.8%
- General News 5.6%
- Health 4.3%
- Travel 4.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 4%
- Government/Military 4%
- Other 13.6%
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What is the company behind KakaoTalk?
KakaoTalk is owned by Kakao Corporation, headquartered in Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea.
Can I use KakaoTalk for free?
Yes, it is a free instant messaging app.
Which country uses KakaoTalk the most?
The majority of KakaoTalk users are from Korea.
Who uses KakaoTalk?
According to our data, KakaoTalk is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as yes24.com,
novelpia.com, and
wikitree.co.kr.
Do academic institutions use KakaoTalk?
Yes. The most prominent of these are coventry.ac.uk and
seoultech.ac.kr. Overall, we know of 67 academic websites in Korea that use KakaoTalk.
How does KakaoTalk compare to its competitors?
KakaoTalk is a moderately popular instant messaging app, ranking ahead of 16 other instant messaging apps we track.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,361,290 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.