[olefoo]

In the US Kik has a pretty active userbase; but it's demographics skew older, poorer and more female and more rural. So that might be why you haven't heard of it.

[wutbrodo]

Are you sure? This wasn't my impression and what I'm seeing from a quick Google is pretty different on multiple counts:

"Quite surprisingly, close to 70% of Kik’s users are men. It is most popular among young men between ages 20-24. Vine and Flickr are popular among men too, though their users tend to be a little older: 25-29 and 35-39, respectively. Not so surprisingly, Instagram and Pinterest are more popular among women than men. Women also prefer Facebook Messenger over WhatsApp and Kik"

http://www.vertoanalytics.com/the-demographics-of-social-med...

[amyjess]

Kik is pretty popular among camgirls. Usually paying for a subscription to them gets you added to their contents on Kik so you can chat with them.

I wouldn't associate that with older, rural people. More female, sure... but then you've also got their male followers.

[dannyw]

Older?! Kik’s demographic is far younger than anything.