Path
Path promised a private social network limited to real relationships, grew especially popular in Indonesia, and then erased the small circle it had designed around.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released mobile social-networking app centred on sharing with a limited group of close contacts.
The app combined photos, status, location, music and expressive stickers in a polished timeline intended to feel more intimate than broad public networks.
Existence timeline
The mobile app opens with a tightly limited friend circle.
Sharing expands to music, location and other everyday moments.
The Korean internet company buys Path and Path Talk.
Path publishes a final schedule and export instructions.
The formally available social network becomes inaccessible.
Why it ended
After acquisition by South Korea's Kakao and declining global relevance, Path stopped downloads in October 2018 and ended service that month.
Last confirmed trace
App packages, exported memories, screenshots, design case studies and former users' archives preserve the network.
What it left behind
Its intimate design and interface craft influenced later social apps even though the standalone community did not survive.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.