Facebook vs KakaoTalk : Messenger
Meta Platforms, Inc.
App Store
$51.15M/mo
~$613.81M/yr · 1.4B installs
VS
KakaoTalk : Messenger
Kakao Corp.
App Store
$480.0K/mo
~$5.76M/yr · 2.7M installs
Revenue winner
Facebook wins
+10557% vs other
Installs winner
Facebook wins
+53455% vs other
MAU winner
Facebook wins
+55471% vs other
Rating winner
Facebook wins
+13% vs other
Why Facebook is winning
Top 4 reasons - backed by the public App Store / Play Store numbers.
- Facebook earns roughly 107× more per month than KakaoTalk : Messenger - $51.15M vs $480.0K.
- Aggressive pricing. Facebook undercuts at $2.49/mo vs $12.99/mo - converts a higher % of free users.
- Bigger install base. Facebook has ~1.4B lifetime installs vs KakaoTalk : Messenger's ~2.7M - 535.5× the funnel top.
- Better app store reviews. Facebook sits at 4.52★ vs 4.01★ - store algorithms reward higher-rated apps with more impressions.
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Side-by-side metrics
Bars scale to whichever app is bigger on that row. Green = winner.
Facebook
vs
KakaoTalk : Messenger
Monthly revenue (est.)?
$51.15M
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$480.0K
Annual revenue (est.)
$613.81M
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$5.76M
Lifetime installs (est.)
1.4B
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2.7M
Monthly active users (est.)?
635.8M
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1.1M
App Store rating
4.52★
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4.01★
Total ratings
26.2M
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24K
US grossing rank
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Cheapest monthly sub
$2.49
▶
$12.99
IAP tiers detected
9 tiers
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10 tiers
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Feb 5, 2019
- Last updated
- May 6, 2026
- File size
- 435.3 MB
- Content rating
- 12+
- Version
- 560.1
- Languages
- Arabic, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English +26 more
- Category
- Social Networking
- Price
- Free
- Released
- Mar 18, 2010
- Last updated
- Apr 28, 2026
- File size
- 548.3 MB
- Content rating
- 4+
- Version
- 26.3.5
- Languages
- English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese +9 more
Facebook trajectory
KakaoTalk : Messenger trajectory
FAQ
Which makes more money, Facebook or KakaoTalk : Messenger? v
Facebook earns about $51.15M per month, while KakaoTalk : Messenger earns about $480.0K. That is a 106.6× revenue gap (~$50.67M more per month for Facebook). Annual revenue: Facebook ≈ $613.81M/year, KakaoTalk : Messenger ≈ $5.76M/year. Estimates are derived from public App Store signals - grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings and category benchmarks.
Which has more downloads, Facebook or KakaoTalk : Messenger? v
Facebook leads with about 1.4B estimated downloads vs 2.7M for KakaoTalk : Messenger - a 535.5× gap. Facebook's App Store downloads are estimated from 26.2M ratings × the standard 1:75 ratio. KakaoTalk : Messenger's App Store downloads are estimated from 24K ratings.
Are Facebook and KakaoTalk : Messenger in the same App Store category and competing for the same money? v
Yes - both apps sit in the Social Networking category, which means they compete directly for the same paying users and category-level wallet share. Direct competitors, head-to-head.
What in-app purchases and subscription pricing do Facebook and KakaoTalk : Messenger offer? v
Facebook: IAP range 9 tiers detected. KakaoTalk : Messenger: IAP range 10 tiers detected. Facebook runs a "Subscription (~$2.49/mo)" monetization model; KakaoTalk : Messenger runs "Subscription (~$12.99/mo)". Scraped tier prices and detected subscription pricing drive the bulk of the per-app revenue estimate above.
Which has better ratings, Facebook or KakaoTalk : Messenger? v
Facebook edges ahead with ★ 4.5 vs ★ 4.0 (gap of 0.5 stars). Rating volume: Facebook 26.2M ratings, KakaoTalk : Messenger 24K ratings. Higher rating volume = stronger ASO signal even when star averages are close.
How accurate are these Facebook vs KakaoTalk : Messenger revenue estimates? v
Directional - typically within 2-3× of actual money earned for popular apps. The $51.15M for Facebook and $480.0K for KakaoTalk : Messenger are derived from App Store grossing rank, scraped IAP tiers, ratings volume and category benchmarks (Social Networking) - net of the 15-30% Apple/Google store cut. Real revenue depends on country mix, retention, refunds and ad fill rate, none of which Apple or Google publish.
How do I compare Facebook or KakaoTalk : Messenger to a different App Store app? v
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