Wattpad is the world's largest community for discovering and sharing stories. It's a new form of entertainment connecting readers and writers through storytelling, and best of all, it's entirely free. With thousands of new stories added every day, an incredibly active community of readers, and the ability to read on your computer, phone, or tablet, Wattpad is the only place that offers a truly social, and entirely mobile reading experience.
"Wattpad opens the doors and enlarges the view in places where the doors are closed and the view is restricted. And somewhere out there in Wattpadland, a new generation is testing its wings..."
- Margaret Atwood
Our readers spend over 2 billion minutes on Wattpad every month. Every minute Wattpad connects more than 10,000 readers with a new story from some of the thousands that are being added to our library each day. Readers can collect stories into reading lists, vote for their favourites, and share and comment with friends and writers. Wattpad is also available as an iOS and Android app, and over 70% of our readers enjoy their stories using a mobile device, even when offline!
Writers use Wattpad to connect and engage with our monthly audience of over 10 million readers to share their work, build a fan base, and receive instant feedback on their stories. More than 500 writers have published pieces that have been read more than a million times. Wattpad provides a completely freeing writing experience, allowing writers to publish their work serially, to write from anywhere using a mobile device or tablet, to collaborate with readers and other writers, and to see their work gain appreciation and inspire fans to create cover art or even video trailers.
"...recreates the kind of process that writers like Charles Dickens got when they serialized their work..."
- GigaOm | source
"Connecting readers and writers —
Publishers need to establish a direct relationship with their customers, and this is something Wattpad excels at."- O'Reilly Media | source
"...new backers like Wattpad because it offers fresh ideas to a publishing sector that has been upended, and its users are highly engaged, offering feedback to each other on their work..."
- Globe and Mail | source
Our team of more than 30 technologists, designers, and community leaders, are all passionate about creating a social and engaging reading and writing experience. See what life is like at Wattpad - we're hiring.
Wattpad is proudly based in Toronto, Canada, and funded by Khosla Ventures, Union Square Ventures, OMERS Ventures, W Media Ventures and Golden Venture Partners.
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