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Pens, Prose, and Pints: Recapping Wattpad's SDCC Writing Club
Wattpad and Den of Geek turned SDCC 2026 into a writers lounge, bringing together writing pros and beginners for a night of creative collaboration.
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YA Author Alicia Wallace's Wattpad Cinderella Story
Wattpad is publishing Alicia Wallace's updated novel Bite Me and Love Bites: Volume 1, a graphic novel adaptation, both hitting shelves on August 4.
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As 'My Life With the Walter Boys' Returns for Season 2, Wattpad Boss Reveals How the Writing Platform Became a Hollywood Hit Maker
The book-to-screen pipeline has existed for as long as Hollywood has been around, but the democratization of that process began at Wattpad.
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Variety's 10 Storytellers to Watch for 2025
This year's honorees will be feted at Filmland and include a.k. payne ("Furlough's Paradise"), Tembi Locke ("From Scratch") and Josh Sharp ("ta-da!").
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Fandom is big business, and Wattpad is poised to cash in
Wattpad wants to be the go-to destination for fans of existing IP as well as young creators looking to stir up new audiences for their own original...
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Want More 'Love Island'? Read the Fanfic
The amount of "Love Island"-inspired fan fiction being posted online is rapidly rising. And they're even hotter than the real thing. "Glamour" investigates.
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Wattpad Webtoon and Italy's Leone Film Group to Adapt Hit Teen Novels 'The Locker Exchange,' 'Love Me, Love Me' (EXCLUSIVE)
Wattpad Webtoon Studios and Italy's Leone Film Group are expanding their slate of hit adaptations with 'The Locker Exchange' and 'Love Me, Love Me.'
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Stop NovelHD (@STOPNOVELHD) on X
A THREAD ON NOVELHD: You may have heard word of NovelHD and stories that have been stolen from Wattpad and self-published authors on there. This thread aims to summarize the situation thus far.
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Wattpad, the storytelling platform, is selling to South Korea's Naver for $600 million
Wattpad, the 14-year-old, Toronto-based, venture-backed storytelling platform with reach into a number of verticals, is being acquired by Naver, the South
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Wattpad over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
36
Postings analysed
10
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
Python20%
C++10%
Go10%
Java10%
Frameworks & libraries
Playwright10%
Databases
Amazon Redshift10%
HBase10%
Cloud & platforms
AWS30%
Amazon S310%
Amazon SageMaker10%
Apache Kafka10%
AI & ML
Claude10%
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Full Wattpad tech stack
36 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Salary insights
Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$100k
Typical range
$62k – $196k
Open positions
9
8
Jobs
Junior
12.5%
Middle
37.5%
Senior
12.5%
Staff
12.5%
Architect
25%
| Level | Jobs | Median | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 1 | $73k | $73k |
| Middle | 3 | $95k | $70k – $100k |
| Senior | 1 | $180k | $180k |
| Staff | 1 | $126k | $126k |
| Architect | 2 | $188k | $180k – $196k |
Highest paying role
[Wattpad] Head of Engineering
$196k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at Wattpad
By role, level and city, against the market · 9 jobs with pay
Growth
Hiring Momentum
58/100
Growing
Open positions
12
0 opened / 2 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
62 days
faster than 21% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~4 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Operations
32% ▼
Finance
21% ▲
Leadership
11% ▲
Marketing
11% ▼
Data Science
5% ▼
Administrative
5% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Zendesk to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack
Sep 2026
Added Unix to stack
Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack
Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack
Sep 2026
Added AWS Glue to stack
Sep 2026
Added YouTube to stack
Sep 2026
Added Instagram to stack
Sep 2026
Added Google Sheets to stack
Sep 2026
Added Claude to stack
Sep 2026
Added Jira to stack
Sep 2026
Added Google Workspace to stack
Sep 2026
Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
3
Hiring now
3
Countries
2
Busiest office
Toronto
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Toronto
Canada
HQ
2 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 10-50 est. staff $161k Avg Salary
hires for Leadership
El Segundo
United States
Regional office
10 open roles 14 posted in 90 days 30% remote 50-200 est. staff $109k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Marketing, Operations
Los Angeles
United States
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff $70k Avg Salary
hires for Finance, Sales
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$99k – $127k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • 8+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Toronto
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Financials
Total raised
$17M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2012 | $17M | Details |