Hello (social network)

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Original author(s)Hello Network, Inc.
Initial releaseMay 1, 2016 (2016-05-01)
Stable release
; iOS

2.5.8 (December 6, 2018 (2018-12-06))

Android

android.2.9.9 (April 26, 2019 (2019-04-26)) [±]

Operating systemCross-platform
Available inMultilingual
TypeInstant messaging and social media
Websitewww.hello.com
Hello Network, Inc
HeadquartersSan Francisco
No. of locationsMountain View, California, United States
Founder(s)Orkut Büyükkökten & John Murphy

Hello, stylized as hello, was a social networking service founded by Orkut Büyükkökten, the creator of Orkut. The service used to support access via a mobile app and was available for Android and iOS. It was launched May 1, 2016, as a replacement to Orkut, which was shut down on September 30, 2014. Hello is owned by Hello Network.

As of September 2019, Hello had been downloaded approximately 1 million times, compared to Orkut's 300 million active users. Hello.com was shut down in April 2022. According to their website, "We are pausing hello while we get ready to launch something even better".