Where is WeChat located?

WeChat is headquartered in Shenzhen, China. It is registered at ANSON ROAD, Singapore, 79903.

How many employees does WeChat have?

As of Sep 30, 2026, the latest employee count at WeChat is 542.

Where does WeChat rank among its competitors?

WeChat ranks 4th amongst 231 active competitors, of which 18 are funded. It stands 8th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Daze, which secured $5.7M in Oct, 2024.

Who are the top competitors of WeChat?

WeChat's top competitors include Snapchat, Kik and Signal. Among them, Daze secured the most recent funding round in October, 2024.

WeChat - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Provider of vernacular-based text and voice messaging applications. Its platform features include multi-media messaging, group chat & calls, voice & video calls, stickers gallery animated stickers to express feelings from cartoons and movies, and more. Its application comes with an image recognition tool that helps recognise books, music albums, or other goods by scanning covers or packages.

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Registered Address: ANSON ROAD, Singapore, 79903

Key Metrics

Founded Year

2011

Location

Shenzhen, China

Stage

Unfunded

Ranked

4^th among 231 active competitors

Employee Count

542 as on Sep 30, 2026

Investment & Acquisitions

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WeChat is associated with 1 legal entity given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
WECHAT INTERNATIONAL PTE. LTD. UEN: 201314066Z , Singapore, Active	May 23, 2013	-	-

WeChat has not raised any funding rounds yet.

The founders of WeChat are Xiaolong Zhang and Jiayao L..

Here are the details of WeChat's key team members:

Xiaolong Zhang: Founder of WeChat.
Jiayao L.: Program Founder of WeChat.

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WeChat's employee count trend

WeChat has 542 employees as of Sep 26. Here is WeChat's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of WeChat include Snapchat, Kik and Signal. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of WeChat, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Snapchat 2011, Los Angeles (United States), Public	Provider of multimedia messaging application	$2.62B	Benchmark, Kleiner Perkins & 61 others	82/100
2nd	Kik 2009, Santa Monica (United States), Acquired	Multimedia messaging app	$166M	Foundation Capital, Spark Capital & 16 others	71/100
3rd	Signal 2018, Mountain View (United States), Seed	Provider of a platform for secure messaging	$50M	-	70/100
4th	WeChat 2011, Shenzhen (China), Unfunded	Provider of vernacular-based text and voice messaging applications	-	-	63/100
5th	Daze 2024, New York (United States), Series A	Provider of messaging platform	$5.7M	Uncommon Projects, Alpaca & 7 others	51/100
6th	Chirp 2011, London (United Kingdom), Acquired	Sharing information through sound	$8M	Guanqun Investment, independent portfolio managers ... & 74 others	47/100
7th	TelloTalk 2015, Lahore (Pakistan), Seed	Multimedia messaging app	$1.6M	Market One Capital, i2i Ventures & 7 others	46/100
8th	Bridgefy 2014, San Francisco (United States), Seed	Messaging app that works even without Internet or phone data	-	Alchemist Accelerator, MaC Venture Capital ... & 12 others	46/100
9th	Meebo 2005, Mountain View (United States), Acquired	Instant messaging and social networking service provider	$65M	Icon Ventures, Khosla Ventures & 5 others	45/100
10th	Smart Transfer 2019, Bellevue (United States), Unfunded	Developer of a cross-platform file transfer app	-	-	44/100