Editing Gadu-Gadu (section)

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{{Infobox software
| name = Gadu-Gadu
| logo = Gadu-gadu.png
| logo size = 200px
| screenshot = 
| caption = Gadu-Gadu
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| author = 
| developer = Fintecom Sp. z o.o.
| released = {{start date and age|2000|08|15}}
| discontinued = 
| latest release version = 12.4.109.12193
| latest release date = 
| programming language = 
| operating system = [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]], [[Linux]], [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Symbian]], [[Windows Phone]], [[BlackBerry OS]]
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| size = 5
| language = Polish and English
| status = 
| genre = Instant messaging client
| license = [[adware]]
| website = {{url|https://www.gg.pl}}
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'''Gadu-Gadu''' ([[Polish language|Polish]] for "chit-chat"; commonly known as '''GG''' or '''gg''') is a Polish [[instant messaging]] [[client (computing)|client]] using a [[proprietary protocol]]. At one time, Gadu-Gadu was the most popular IM service in [[Poland]], with over 15 million registered accounts and approximately 6.5 million users online daily.{{Citation needed|reason=This was the case somewhere about 3 years ago, but not anymore, needs verification|date=April 2017}} Gadu-Gadu's casual gaming portal had some 500,000 active users as at the end of March 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naspers.com/index.cfm?content=7109 |title=Brands &#124; Gadu Gadu |publisher=Naspers.com |access-date=29 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320043038/http://www.naspers.com/index.cfm?content=7109 |archive-date=20 March 2009 }}</ref> Users send up to 300 million messages per day.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://info.gadu-gadu.pl/producent/historia |title=Historia Gadu-Gadu &#124; Gadu-Gadu - Multimedialna Platforma Komunikacyjna |publisher=Info.gadu-gadu.pl |language=Polish |access-date=29 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818130143/http://info.gadu-gadu.pl/producent/historia |archive-date=18 August 2011}}</ref>

Gadu-Gadu is financed by the display of [[Advertising|advertisements]]. The developer is based in [[Koszalin]], Poland and the company is wholly owned by another Polish company, Fintecom.