Hello (social network) should not be confused with Ello (social network).
| hello | |
| Author: | Hello Network, Inc. |
| Operating System: | Cross-platform |
| Language: | Multilingual |
| Genre: | Instant messaging and social media |
| Hello Network, Inc | |
| Location: | San Francisco |
| Locations: | Mountain View, California, United States |
| Founder: | Orkut Büyükkökten & John Murphy |
Hello, stylized as hello, was a social networking service founded by Orkut Büyükkökten, the creator of Orkut.[1] [2] [3] The service used to support access via a mobile app and was available for Android and iOS.[1] It was launched May 1, 2016, as a replacement to Orkut, which was shut down on September 30, 2014.[4] 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.[5] 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".[6]