Kik

Kik is a freeware instant-messaging mobile app for iOS and Android, known for letting users register with only a username rather than a phone number. Founded in 2009 by University of Waterloo students and released in 2010, Kik grew to hundreds of millions of registered users and was especially popular with teens. It has been owned by MediaLab AI since 2019. Kik formerly operated a developer surface — the Kik Bot Platform at dev.kik.com — and the Kin cryptocurrency, but that developer/bot API platform is no longer online and Kik currently publishes no public API.

Kik is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Social Media, Messaging, Chat, and Mobile.

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11.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
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scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Kik Domain Security

TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: kik
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/kik.png
name: Kik
description: Kik is a freeware instant-messaging mobile app for iOS and Android, known for letting users register with only
  a username rather than a phone number. Founded in 2009 by University of Waterloo students and released in 2010, Kik grew
  to hundreds of millions of registered users and was especially popular with teens. It has been owned by MediaLab AI since
  2019. Kik formerly operated a developer surface — the Kik Bot Platform at dev.kik.com — and the Kin cryptocurrency, but
  that developer/bot API platform is no longer online and Kik currently publishes no public API.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kik/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- union-square-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-19'
tags:
- Company
- Social Media
- Messaging
- Chat
- Mobile
- Bots
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/kik-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://kik.com
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://kik.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://kik.com/terms
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence