KakaoTalk

KakaoTalk
카카오톡
Developer(s)Kakao Corp.
Initial releaseMarch 18, 2010 (2010-03-18)
Operating systemiOS, macOS, Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Windows NT, Nokia Asha, WatchOS, Wear OS
Available in15 languages
List of languages
Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish
TypeMessaging app
LicenseFreeware
Websitekakaocorp.com/service/KakaoTalk

KakaoTalk (Korean카카오톡), commonly referred to as KaTalk (Korean카톡) in South Korea, is a mobile messaging app for smartphones operated by Kakao Corporation. It was launched on March 18, 2010, and it is available on mobile and desktop platforms.

As of August 2022, KakaoTalk had 53 million monthly active users, 47 million inside Korea.[1] It is available in 15 languages.[2] The app is also used by 93% of smartphone owners in South Korea, where it is the most widely used messaging app for smart phones and personal computers.[3]

After the COVID-19 pandemic, it has further grown in prominence after becoming widely used as a tool to combat COVID-19, in cooperation with the South Korean government.

  1. ^ "South Korea's President Yoon calls for quick resumption of popular messaging, portal services after fire | the Straits Times". The Straits Times. 16 October 2022.
  2. ^ "KakaoTalk on the App Store". App Store. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. ^ Nay, Josh Robert (23 December 2013). "Kakaotalk on 93 percent of smartphones in South Korea, expecting $200 million in revenue". TruTower. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2022.

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