KakaoTalk
Kakao, Jeju-si, Jeju-do, KoreaKakaoTalk is a Korean messaging platform widely considered a super app, combining private and group chats, voice and video calls, communities, and other digital services.
It provides Open Chat for topic-based communities, voice call recording, a digital wallet for certificates and cards, and KakaoTalk Channels for business messaging, consultations, reservations, orders, and payments.
According to our data, KakaoTalk ranks 11th among the instant messaging apps we track.
It has 1.4% of the instant messaging market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.
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KakaoTalk is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Instant Messaging
- Rank: 11
- Market share: 1.4%
🏆 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 4,687 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 etoland.co.kr.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | _VuGyxb | #2,458 | Korea | Korean | |
| 2 | _xaxoxfQK | #3,722 | Korea | Korean | |
| 3 | _uKFHd | #4,077 | Korea | Korean | |
| 4 | _xfPgXu | #4,655 | Korea | Korean | |
| 5 | _xbSHAG | #5,281 | Korea | Korean | |
| 6 | _xcDixdG | #5,393 | Korea | Korean | |
| 7 | _YYcYV | #5,511 | Korea | Korean | |
| 8 | _FVIyb | #5,963 | Korea | English | |
| 9 | _IYVIK | #8,926 | India | English | |
| 10 | _xaQxfxcxl | #9,086 | English | ||
| 11 | _BxnANb | #10,203 | Korea | Korean | |
| 12 | _eyUad | #12,142 | Korea | Korean | |
| 13 | _DxjFxdj | #12,890 | Korea | Korean | |
| 14 | _xbcxlxgd | #14,076 | Korea | Korean | |
| 15 | #14,156 | Korea | Korean | ||
| 16 | _VxiHBM | #14,630 | Korea | Korean | |
| 17 | _rlLys | #15,034 | Korea | Korean | |
| 18 |  imweb.me |
_DIhWG | #15,039 | Korea | Korean |
| 19 | _qxcRmxb | #16,097 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 20 | _txcexmj | #16,925 | 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 1.3%
- United States 0.7%
- Canada 0.2%
- United Kingdom 0.1%
- Australia 0.1%
- Germany 0.1%
- Italy 0.09%
- Singapore 0.09%
- Other 0.7%
Most KakaoTalk users speak Korean or English.
- Korean 95.1%
- English 3.7%
- Kanuri 0.9%
- Japanese 0.1%
- German 0.06%
- Vietnamese 0.04%
- Arabic 0.02%
- Other 0.08%
The KakaoTalk instant messaging app is especially popular on .co.kr, .com, and .kr top-level domains.
- .co.kr 39%
- .com 37.4%
- .kr 15%
- .net 2.6%
- .org 2%
- .ac.kr 1.5%
- .io 0.2%
- .me 0.2%
- .shop 0.2%
- Other 1.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing KakaoTalk include online shopping, business, and education and reference.
- Online Shopping 31.8%
- Business 18%
- Education/Reference 7.7%
- Fashion/Beauty 6.1%
- General News 5%
- Travel 4.5%
- Government/Military 4.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 4.2%
- Health 3.2%
- Other 15%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
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 etoland.co.kr,
novelpia.com, and
wikitree.co.kr.
Do academic institutions use KakaoTalk?
Yes. The most prominent of these is coventry.ac.uk. Overall, we know of 68 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 17 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 3,815,477 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.