KakaoTalk is a Korean social media messaging app that was launched by Kakao Corp (now Daum Kakao) in 2010. In a quick period, this app became the top messenger app in South Korea and in many other countries, including Vietnam. Over 52 million active users worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2020, KakaoTalk is the most frequently-used messaging apps in the world.
Following the huge success of KakaoTalk, Daum Kakao launched a picture-sharing social network app, in 2012 called KakaoStory. This KakaoStory app allows users to take, edit, and share pictures and follow content shared by brands and friends. By using the KakaoTalk app we used to chat, share posts, comment, like in the posts of other accounts that you follow, and group video calls like other applications such as Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Sina Weibo, QQ, VK, and Wechat. This app provides various new features to its users. A few years back one YouTuber applause this app as “the perfect marriage between Facebook and Instagram.”
This article gives more information about KakaoTalk and guides you on how to signup your KakaoStory account on PC and mobile.
KaKaoTalk Users Statistics
As per the 2nd quarter of 2020 Statista’s KaKoTalk Report,
- 99.2% of South Korea people using KakaoTalk
- KakaoTalk global monthly active users: 52 Million
- KakaoTalk Korea monthly active users: 45 Million
- Total KakaoStory users: 18.7 mm unique users in October 2019.
According to emarketer and Nielsen KoreanClick, users spent an average of 849.6 minutes in the app in November 2016 which was nearly five times spent with the Line app and 30 times spent with Facebook Messenger.
Kakao’s CEO, Sirgoo Lee, once said in Business Insider that he sees KakaoTalk as more of a social network than a messaging app. Chatting and making calls are the app’s core functionalities, but users can also play games through this app, make online payments, book hotel rooms, create restaurant reservations, and send gifts to each other (from coffee shop vouchers to electronic devices and even jewelry too) via KakaoTalk’s Gift Shop.
How Are Brands Using KakaoTalk?
KakaoTalk also provides a brand page feature called PlusFriend, which enables brands and celebrities to create and maintain a dedicated page in the app. Brands can post updates to their page or send direct messages to their followers, including coupons, product information, photo albums, audio, video clips, events by paying some amount to KaKaoTalk.
How to Sign Up KaKaoStory / KakaoTalk
KakaoStory is an integrated feature inside KakaoTalk by using this KakaTalk users can edit and share photos under the MyStory section and also react to their friends’ posts with “mood buttons”, including Like, Sad, Happy, Cool, and Cheer Up. Users can import their contacts from KakaoTalk into KakaoStory and if users add a cover photo to their KakaoStory profile it automatically appears on their KakaoTalk feeds tab. KakaoStory is a picture-sharing app that allows users to take, edit, and share pictures and follow content shared by brands and friends.
To start using KakaoStory, follow the below steps for how to create a KakaoTalk account first
Download and install the KaKaoStory app
- Open the application on your mobile device.
- Tap the yellow “Sign Up” button at the bottom of your screen.
- Read and Agree to all privacy, terms, and conditions of this app.
- Now enter your mobile number along with country code.
- Enter the verification code which you received on the message.
- Set a strong alphanumeric strong password.
- Now enter your nickname, gender date of birth, and setup profile photo.
- If you want, connect your mobile contacts to find friends or else skip it.
- That’s it KakaoTalk account id was created.
- Now you can login kakaostory / Kakaotalk online and enjoy connecting with your friends.
To Sign Up KakaoStory or KakaoTalk for PC,
- Go to the KakaoTalk website’s online signup link.
- Tap the yellow “Sign Up” button at the bottom of your screen.
- Type your email address and enter or if you don’t have an email, you can also create a new email address that is offered by Daum mail provider.
- And do the remaining steps the same as you did in mobile.
KakaoTalk ID is a unique identification username used in place of a phone number. Users can easily search and add new friends by KakaoTalk IDs instead of mobile numbers.
You can create a KakaoTalk account ID without a phone number if you sign up through a PC, laptop, or tablet. If incase your Kakaotalk account is disabled or banned, connect with the customer support team or send an email to recover your account.
Hope this article easier your Kakaotalk registration process! Log in and find new friends on KakaoTalk.