KakaoTalk
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KakaoTalk (Korean: 카카오톡), commonly referred to as KaTalk (Korean: 카톡) 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.
Developer(s) | Kakao Corp. |
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Initial release | March 18, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-03-18) |
Operating system | iOS, macOS, Android, Bada, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, Windows NT, Nokia Asha, WatchOS, Wear OS |
Available in | 15 languages |
List of languages Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Indonesian, Thai, Vietnamese, Turkish | |
Type | Messaging app |
License | Freeware |
Website | kakaocorp.com/service/KakaoTalk |
As of August 2022[update], 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.