Voice-only social

You're funnier out loud.

WAV is social media you listen to and talk back to. No posts to read, nothing to type. Just real voices with real timing, and one prompt every night that the whole world answers.

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The headline will listen. Nothing leaves your browser.

The problem with text

Text kills the joke.

The pause before the punchline. The crack in your voice. The laugh you couldn't hold in. Text deletes all of it, then everyone wonders why the internet sounds so angry.

How text hears it. Could mean anything.

Try it right now

The only voice on this page is yours.

Everything else here is silent on purpose. Hold the button, take a swing at the prompt, and listen back.

Hear the pauses? That's you thinking out loud. Finding the word, changing course, holding the punchline. Text only ever shows the final draft. On WAV, people hear the thought take shape.

Recorded in your browser. Never uploaded, never saved.

The prompt

Pitch your worst business idea like it's worth a billion.

0:00

The nightly prompt

One prompt. Every night. The whole world.

  1. 01
    The prompt drops.

    Same prompt for everyone, wherever they are.

  2. 02
    Everyone takes a swing.

    Up to 90 seconds, in your own voice, on your own timing.

  3. 03
    The best takes rise.

    Listeners amplify what lands. The funniest, sharpest answers float to the top.

  4. 04
    Tomorrow, a new one.

    A fresh prompt and a fresh shot. Come for the ritual, stay for the people.

Tonight's lineup · Example ▲ Amplifies

“Tell us about your worst haircut.”

  1. 1

    @marisol

    Español · 0:47

    2,481amplifies
  2. 2

    @dre.wav

    English · 1:12

    2,207amplifies
  3. 3

    @lucie.3am

    Français · 0:38

    1,964amplifies
  4. 4

    @kenji.tells

    日本語 · 1:29

    1,630amplifies
  5. 5

    @caio.takes

    Português · 0:22

    1,402amplifies

Every language

Laughter doesn't need subtitles.

Browse WAV in your own language, or wander into someone else's. You'll catch the laugh before you catch the words. And when a stranger cracks you up, you'll want to hear what they say next. That's how you meet people here. By how they sound.

Same prompt, everywhere

Tell us about your worst haircut.

Real community

Replies you can hear the smile in.

You answer a voice with your voice, so comment sections turn back into conversations. Follow the people who make you laugh, and the strangers you keep hearing start to feel like regulars. People talk differently when they can hear each other.

@dre.wavthe haircut story · 0:58
@theo.drycan't breathe · 0:04
▲ 214
@marisolhas a worse one · 0:41
▲ 506
@dre.wavdefends the haircut · 0:17
▲ 167
@lucie.3am +38everyone, at once · 0:03
▲ 1.2k

That last part? Text would have typed lol.

Why now

Social media gave us endless things to read, watch, and scroll.

It never asked us to listen.

The public square was always spoken. You stood behind your ideas out loud.

When your voice is on it, you choose your words more carefully.

No hiding behind your thumbs. It's time to listen.

  • Nothing to read
  • Nothing to type
  • 90 seconds, max
  • One prompt a night
  • Every language

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We'll email you when it's your turn.