The data describes the number of global monthly active Kakaotalk chat app users as of the second quarter of 2018. As of that period, the mobile messenger had over fifty million active users worldwide.
In October 2014, Kakao Corp. merged with Daum, the South Korea's second-biggest Internet portal. Kakao is one of the most popular Asia-based mobile messaging apps and its founder is one of the leading social media billionaires worldwide. As of March 2018, Kim Beom-Su's net worth was estimated to be 2.7 billion USD.
