About Wattpad
Wattpad is a Toronto-founded social storytelling platform where writers share original stories with over 90 million monthly users worldwide. Founded in 2006 by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen, Wattpad pioneered user-generated fiction publishing before being acquired by South Korea's Naver Corporation in 2021 for over $600 million USD. The company remains headquartered in Toronto.
- Headquarters
- Toronto, ON
- Founded
- 2006
- Founders
- Allen Lau, Ivan Yuen
- Team size
- 200-500 employees
- Pricing
- freemium — from Free
🍁 Canadianness Score: 3/5
- 🇨🇦 Canadian-founded
- 👩💻 Dev team in Canada
- ⚠️ Owned by Naver (KR)