WhatsApp Competitors and Similar CompaniesClear all
WhatsApp's competitors and similar companies include Snap, X, Skype and WeChat.
 WhatsApp WhatsApp is a company developing freeware and cross-platform instant messaging service for smartphones. |  Snap Snap (formerly known as Snapchat) is a technology company that develops a visual messaging application. | ||||
Founding Date | Founding Date 2009 | Founding Date 2010 | Founding Date 2006 | Founding Date 2003 | Founding Date 2011 |
Type | Type Subsidiary | Type Public | Type Subsidiary | Type Subsidiary | Type Subsidiary |
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Locations | Locations Menlo Park, US HQ Dublin, IE | Locations San Francisco, US HQ Bengaluru, IN Dublin, IE Tokyo, JP Seoul, KR Mexico City, MX Singapore, SG see more | Locations Lëtzebuerg, LU HQ | Locations Singapore, SG HQ | |
Employees | Employees 2,9114% increase | Employees 5,2617% increase | Employees 1,1662% decrease | Employees 687 | Employees 3182% increase |
Financial | |||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) $5.9b (FY, 2025) | Revenue (est.) $5.1b (FY, 2021) | Revenue (est.) N/A | Revenue (est.) N/A |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods $2.7b (FY, 2025) | Cost of goods $1.8b (FY, 2021) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A |
Gross profit | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit $3.3b (FY, 2025) | Gross profit $3.3b (FY, 2021) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A |
Net income | Net income N/A | Net income ($460.5m) (FY, 2025) | Net income ($221.4m) (FY, 2021) | Net income N/A | Net income N/A |
Operating ⚠ | |||||
Daily Active Users | Daily Active Users N/A | Daily Active Users 347 m (Q2, 2022) | Daily Active Users 152 m (Q4, 2019) | Daily Active Users N/A | Daily Active Users N/A |
Funding | |||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised $ 61.1m | Total funding raised $ 7.9b | Total funding raised $ 2.7b | Total funding raised $ 26.8m | Total funding raised N/A |
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Snap
HQ
Santa Monica, US
Employees
5,261↑ 7% increase
Snap (formerly known as Snapchat) is a technology company that develops a visual messaging application.
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X
HQ
San Francisco, US
X (formerly known as Twitter) is a company that provides a social networking platform.
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Skype
HQ
Lëtzebuerg, LU
Skype Technologies is a technology company developing a telecommunications application.
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WeChat
HQ
Singapore, SG
WeChat International is a company developing a messaging and calling app.
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