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KakaoTalk : Messenger earns about
$480.0K/month
range $264.0K – $696.0K · $5.76M/year
Live data · refreshed every hour
Per Day
$16.0K
$8.8K – $23.2K
Per Week
$112.0K
$61.6K – $162.4K
Per Month
$480.0K
$264.0K – $696.0K
Per Year
$5.76M
$3.17M – $8.35M
Lifetime
$14.40M
$7.92M – $20.88M
Brand revenue
📰 Reported
Kakao - full brand revenue
Annual brand revenue (2024)
$7.87T/year
App Store / Play Store share
1%
≈ $6M/year of in-app revenue
Off-store revenue (everything else)
$7.87T/year
99% of total brand revenue
Kakao earns about $7.87T/year across the whole brand.
Most of that money comes from off-store revenue - trading fees, commissions, payment processing, ad sales, hardware, enterprise contracts - not in-app purchases or subscriptions on the App Store / Google Play.
App store revenue (in-app purchases, subscriptions, ads, paid downloads)
Off-store revenue (trading fees, commissions, web subscriptions, ad sales, enterprise)
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Auto-generated from this app's real revenue ($480.0K/month · $5.76M/year), monetization model, rating signals and category. Every line is calibrated to this app, not generic advice.
54/100
Opportunity
0/100
Cloneability
$5
Revenue / install
✓ Features to copy
- subscription paywall (~$12.99/mo) - proven monetization
- in-app purchase tier ladder for upsells
⚡ Improve / fix
- subscription is $12.99/mo - undercut by 30-50% to win price-sensitive users
🛠 MVP scope
- core feature loop
- subscription gating
- free-tier limits
- trial period
- analytics
💰 Pricing recommendation
KakaoTalk : Messenger is at $12.99/mo. Consider going slightly lower with a longer free trial (14 days) to win price-aware users.
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📺 TikTok / ad hook angles
- "I tried KakaoTalk : Messenger for 30 days - here's what I'd do differently"
- "Why KakaoTalk : Messenger costs $12.99/mo when ours costs $7.79"
- "The social networking app KakaoTalk : Messenger won't tell you these 3 things"
Monetization
Subscription (~$12.99/mo)Revenue mix (estimated)
- Subscriptions ~72%
- One-time IAP ~22%
- Ads ~6%
Paying users (est.)
2.7M installs · 42.5% active · 2.3% pay
In-App Purchases 10
- Weeklyest. Talk Cloud 50GB $2.99 /week ~$12.99/mo
- Weeklyest. Emoticon Plus $5.99 /week ~$26.03/mo
- One-timeest. (Discontinued)Talk Cloud 100GB $1.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Talk Cloud 30GB $1.99 one-time
- One-timeest. Feel Happy Emoticons $1.99 one-time
- One-time Item Ticket $2.19 one-time
- One-timeest. 200 CHOCO $2.19 one-time
- One-time Item Ticket $3.29 one-time
10 tiers scraped live from the App Store.
App Details
Pulled from the App Store- Current Version
- 26.3.5
- Released
- Mar 18, 2010
- Last Updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File Size
- 548.3 MB
- Required OS
- 17.0
- Content Rating
- 4+
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Currency
- USD
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Spanish, Thai, Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese
- Developer
- Kakao Corp.
What's new in v26.3.5
KakaoTalk is updated regularly in order to improve user experience and security. This update includes enhanced app usability and minor bug fixes to make instant messaging even more fun.
Fun Numbers - share these
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every second
$11
every minute
$667
every hour
$16.0K
every day
- ☕ Buys 3K $5 coffees every day
- 👨💻 Pays for 32 senior engineer salaries per year
- 🚗 Earns enough for 137 Tesla Model 3s annually
- ⏱️ Earns the price of a coffee in 27 seconds
12-Month Revenue Trajectory
Modeled from grossing rank, app score, and update cadence. Hover any point to see the value. Real growth depends on retention, marketing, and seasonality.
Estimated Installs
2.7M
estimated from 24,474 ratings
Active Users (MAU est.)
1.1M
42.5% of installs · SOCIAL_NETWORKING category benchmark
Rating
4.01 ★
24K reviews
Monetization
Subscription (~$12.99/mo)
Rating Distribution
5★
16K
4★
2K
3★
891
2★
582
1★
5K
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Frequently Asked About KakaoTalk : Messenger
How much money does KakaoTalk : Messenger make on the App Store? ⌄
KakaoTalk : Messenger has an estimated App Store revenue of $480.0K per month (~$5.76M per year, $16.0K per day) with a likely range of $264.0K to $696.0K. This includes earnings from in-app purchases, subscription revenue, ads and any paid downloads - all directional estimates from public App Store signals, not private Apple financial data.
How many App Store downloads does KakaoTalk : Messenger get? ⌄
Apple does not publish exact App Store download counts. Using public ratings (24K reviews), grossing rank, category position and the standard 1:75 ratings-to-downloads ratio, Rev.now estimates about 2.7M total iOS downloads for KakaoTalk : Messenger - and roughly 1.1M monthly active users on iPhone and iPad.
Is KakaoTalk : Messenger a top grossing iOS app and what is its App Store rank? ⌄
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What in-app purchases and subscriptions does KakaoTalk : Messenger offer on iOS? ⌄
KakaoTalk : Messenger offers in-app purchases on the App Store, which can include subscription tiers (weekly, monthly or annual), one-time purchases or virtual currency. Subscription revenue and IAP earnings are a major driver of the monthly revenue estimate above.
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