Is Gogolook profitable in 2025?

Yes. Gogolook reported FY2025 consolidated revenue of NT$1,048 million, up about 21% year over year, with net income to parent of NT$54 million and an 88.3% gross margin, as of December 31, 2025, per its March 2026 investor presentation.

Who owns Gogolook and is it publicly traded?

Gogolook is a public company, listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 6902 since its IPO on July 13, 2023. Founders Jeff Kuo (about 8.1%), Reiny Song (about 7.2%), and Jackie Cheng (about 7.2%) remain significant shareholders as of 2026.

Could AI replace Whoscall or Gogolook's anti-scam service?

Unlikely soon. Gogolook itself uses Google Gemini 2.5 Pro inside its Content Checker feature (launched mid-2024), but its core value lies in a proprietary database of 60M+ domains and 2.6B phone numbers plus police and telecom partnerships that generic AI models cannot replicate.

Who is Gogolook's biggest competitor?

Truecaller, a Sweden-based caller ID app with about 450 million active users concentrated in India, is Gogolook's largest consumer-facing rival as of May 2026, according to comparison sources. Hiya, a US competitor, claims analysis of 1.5 billion phone numbers.

Has Gogolook had layoffs recently?

Headcount fell to 235 employees as of December 31, 2025, down 44 employees or 15.8% from the prior year, even as revenue grew about 21%, according to company financial data, suggesting efficiency and automation gains rather than distress.

Is joining Gogolook a safe career move?

Gogolook is a profitable, growing public company (NT$1,048M FY2025 revenue, +21% YoY) with government and telecom partnerships, but headcount fell 15.8% in 2025 to 235 employees even as revenue rose, indicating leaner staffing alongside growth as of December 2025.

AI companies and labs · Taiwan

Gogolook

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Taiwan's anti-scam app maker, Whoscall, built on caller ID and scam databases.

Defensible for now

Assessed 26 July 2026 · Evidence as of 26 July 2026

Real protection, with named pressure against it.

On the recordSince 26 July 2026 · Checkable from August 2026 · Every call on the record Checkpoint: Q2 2026 earnings release, showing whether consumer MAU and revenue keep growing or plateau

The call

Gogolook is growing and profitable on the strength of its scam database and government ties, but it still leans heavily on one consumer app facing slow pressure from phone makers' built-in filters.

Gogolook makes apps and software that help people identify and block scam calls and texts, mainly in Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines, and Malaysia. It is hard to copy because it has collected a huge database of scam phone numbers and websites over many years, and it has direct partnerships with police and governments in its region, plus deals with phone companies to filter scams at the network level. The biggest threat is that Apple and Google are building their own spam filters into phones, which could slowly make Gogolook less necessary, though this has not happened yet; another competitor is Truecaller, a Swedish app used by millions globally. The company's biggest weakness is that two-thirds of its money comes from consumers rather than businesses, so if people stop using the consumer app because their phones already filter spam, the whole company gets hurt.

Why

AI pressure: Google/Apple on-device spam and scam call filtering. Phone makers keep adding built-in scam filters, which could make a standalone caller ID app less needed over time. Could AI do the core job? Unlikely.

Bigger players: Truecaller. Truecaller already runs a similar caller ID and scam-block product across 450M+ users and keeps expanding into Asia. Could a giant copy it? Probably.

What protects it. Government and police partnerships plus a large regional scam number and domain database that a new entrant cannot buy or copy quickly.

What would change this call

Whoscall MAU or consumer revenue flattens/declines for 2-3 straight quarters. Would show OS-level spam filters finally eroding Gogolook's core user base.
Truecaller launches a government-partnered anti-scam product in Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia, or Philippines. Would show a scaled rival replicating Gogolook's regulatory/data moat.
Hon Hai CityGPT, StarHub, or Globe/RCBC partnerships convert to booked recurring revenue by Q2 2026 earnings. Would show B2G/corporate diversification is real, reducing consumer concentration risk.

Key numbers

FY2025 revenue NT$1,048M, up ~21% YoY (2025-12-31)
Whoscall MAU ~17.2M, up from 11.2M in 2020 (2025-12-31)
63% of revenue still from consumer app (2025-12-31)

Named risks

63% of FY2025 revenue concentrated in consumer Whoscall app, exposed to OS-level spam filter erosion. Severity: medium
Corporate/B2G partnerships (Hon Hai, StarHub, Globe, RCBC) remain in early collaboration phase, not yet fully booked revenue. Severity: medium
Low analyst coverage (1 analyst) and thin liquidity produce sharp stock price swings. Severity: low
Unresolved ownership contradiction: one aggregator calls Gogolook a Naver subsidiary despite dispersed shareholder table. Severity: low

Rivals, as read in July 2026

Rival	Direction	Evidence
Truecaller	contesting	Truecaller has about 450M users versus Whoscall's 17.2-17.3M MAU as of 2025, dominant in India
Google/Apple native spam filtering	contesting	OS-level spam filters coexist with Whoscall MAU growth from 11.2M (2020) to 17.3M (2025), no share loss yet
Hiya	contesting	Hiya claims analysis of 1.5B phone numbers and 100B+ calls/year as of May 2026, per comparison source

Questions people ask

Is Gogolook profitable in 2025?: Yes. Gogolook reported FY2025 consolidated revenue of NT$1,048 million, up about 21% year over year, with net income to parent of NT$54 million and an 88.3% gross margin, as of December 31, 2025, per its March 2026 investor presentation.
Who owns Gogolook and is it publicly traded?: Gogolook is a public company, listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 6902 since its IPO on July 13, 2023. Founders Jeff Kuo (about 8.1%), Reiny Song (about 7.2%), and Jackie Cheng (about 7.2%) remain significant shareholders as of 2026.
Could AI replace Whoscall or Gogolook's anti-scam service?: Unlikely soon. Gogolook itself uses Google Gemini 2.5 Pro inside its Content Checker feature (launched mid-2024), but its core value lies in a proprietary database of 60M+ domains and 2.6B phone numbers plus police and telecom partnerships that generic AI models cannot replicate.
Who is Gogolook's biggest competitor?: Truecaller, a Sweden-based caller ID app with about 450 million active users concentrated in India, is Gogolook's largest consumer-facing rival as of May 2026, according to comparison sources. Hiya, a US competitor, claims analysis of 1.5 billion phone numbers.
Has Gogolook had layoffs recently?: Headcount fell to 235 employees as of December 31, 2025, down 44 employees or 15.8% from the prior year, even as revenue grew about 21%, according to company financial data, suggesting efficiency and automation gains rather than distress.
Is joining Gogolook a safe career move?: Gogolook is a profitable, growing public company (NT$1,048M FY2025 revenue, +21% YoY) with government and telecom partnerships, but headcount fell 15.8% in 2025 to 235 employees even as revenue rose, indicating leaner staffing alongside growth as of December 2025.

Timeline

2026-03-04Gogolook reports FY2025 revenue NT$1,048M, up 21% YoY, net income NT$54M
2025-11-19Whoscall wins Google Play Best App of 2025 after major app revamp
2025-11-01Named core scam prevention partner in Hon Hai (Foxconn) CityGPT smart city initiative
2025-08-21Gogolook releases first Global Anti-Scam Impact Report
2025-08-01Partnership with Singapore telecom StarHub announced
2025-04-15Gogolook transitions from Taiwan Innovation Board to TWSE General Board
2025-04-01Gogolook joins Global Signal Exchange for cross-border scam data sharing
2024-07-31Gogolook completes acquisition of ScamAdviser for EUR 4.5 million
2024-06-15Whoscall launches Content Checker feature using Google Gemini 2.5 Pro
2023-07-13Gogolook IPOs on Taiwan Stock Exchange as ticker 6902

Revision history

26 July 2026

First assessed. Defensible for now. The text above is fixed as of this date and is not edited afterwards.

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