Wattpad
Current, rebranded logo since 2019 | |
| Type of business | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
Type of site | Reading app, social networking service |
| Available in | Multilingual; stories available in more than in 50 languages |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Area served | Worldwide (except blocking countries) |
| Owner | Webtoon Entertainment (Naver Corporation and LY Corporation) |
| Founder(s) | Allen Lau Ivan Yuen |
| President | Aron Levitz |
| Employees | 145 |
| URL | wattpad |
| Registration | Required for nearly all actions. |
| Users | 500 million (2020) |
| Launched | December 2006 |
| Current status | Active |
| Native client(s) on | Web, Android, iOS |
Wattpad is a popular website for both reading and publishing original fiction and connecting with fellow writers and readers. Its most popular genres are romance, teen fiction, and fan fiction. As of September 2023, Wattpad has a global audience of more than 90 million users, the majority of whom are younger women. There are over 665 million story uploads in total.
Some stories originally published on Wattpad have been adapted into mainstream novels, TV series, and films, including After and The Kissing Booth series. In January 2019, Wattpad launched its own publishing division, Wattpad Books, to simplify publishing for authors. In January 2021, The Coumpany, Naver Corporation announced that it would acquire Wattpad, and the deal was completed in May 2021.