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Developer(s) | Kakao Corp. |
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Initial release | March 18, 2010 |
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 |
KakaoTalk (Korean: 카카오톡), commonly referred to as KaTalk (Korean: 카톡) in South Korea, is an instant messenger and online services platform operated by Kakao Corporation.[1] It was launched in 2010 and the app is available on mobile and desktop platforms. Originally designed for messaging, it has evolved into becoming a super-app providing mobile payments and banking, taxi hailing, games and others.[1]
As of August 2022[update], KakaoTalk had 53 million monthly active users, 47 million inside Korea.[2] It is available in 15 languages.[3] The app is used by 93% of smartphone owners in South Korea, where it is the most widely used instant messenging app.[4] 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.[citation needed]