Kik

Teen chat app

Kik is a mobile messaging app popular among teenagers, known for allowing users to register without a phone number—just a username.

This anonymity made it a preferred platform for meeting strangers online: What's your Kik?

The app gained notoriety for facilitating hookups and, more troublingly, predatory contact with minors.

app

messaging

Sending written digital communications

chatInformal verbal exchange
instantBriefest unit of time
mobileCapable of movement

username · anonymous · teens · bots · groups · contacts · notifications · conversations · strangers · registration

slang

laugh

Express amusement vocally

funAmusement or pleasure
amusementPleased entertainment state
thrillSurge of intense excitement

joke · giggle · entertainment · humor · enjoyment · hilarity · chuckle · LOL · haha · funny

Opposites

identity verification

Mobile messaging platform

Facebook Messenger · WeChat · Signal · iMessage · FaceTime

platform formality and accountability

Business communication software

Microsoft Teams · email · LinkedIn · enterprise software · Zoom

Family

kick, kicks, kicked, kicking, kicker, kickers

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG