{"id":127186,"date":"2026-11-09T12:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/?p=127186"},"modified":"2026-11-09T13:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T07:37:48","slug":"thopla-a-social-network-created-by-nepalis-as-an-alternative-to-facebook-and-tiktok-a-nepali-technology-initiative-started-from-australia-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/127186\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Thopla&#8217;, a social network created by Nepalis as an alternative to Facebook and Tiktok, a Nepali technology initiative started from Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p> <strong> The social network &#8216;Thopla&#8217;, created by Nepalese as an alternative to Facebook and Tiktok, is a Nepali technology initiative that started from Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> Canberra, (Australia). The social network &#8216;Thopla&#8217;, which was developed with the aim of connecting the Nepali community around the world through a single digital platform, is becoming popular among the users. Created at the initiative of Nepali youth, this platform has more than 15,300 users at present. <\/p>\n<p> At a time when the use of Facebook, TikTok and other international social networks is increasing, the dots have been developed giving priority to Nepali community, language, culture and creativity.<\/p>\n<p>The main objective of the digital network is to connect Nepalis not only in Nepal but also in Australia, the USA, the UK, Japan, the Gulf countries and other countries. <\/p>\n<p> The concept of Dotla, which started at the initiative of Ujjwal Khanal of Chitwan, was introduced in 2021. Continuing his interest in information technology along with studying and employment in Australia, he has further developed this platform with friends. <\/p>\n<p> Users can share photos, videos, stories and reels, follow each other, comment and message messages. In addition, there is also a chat room facility for audio and video calls and group chats. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The social network &#8216;Thopla&#8217;, created by Nepalese as an alternative to Facebook and Tiktok, is a Nepali technology initiative that started from Australia Canberra, (Australia). The social network &#8216;Thopla&#8217;, which was developed with the aim of connecting the Nepali community around the world through a single digital platform, is becoming popular among the users. Created<a href=\"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/127186\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;&#8216;Thopla&#8217;, a social network created by Nepalis as an alternative to Facebook and Tiktok, a Nepali technology initiative started from Australia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":127181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/photo_07993b9a.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127187,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127186\/revisions\/127187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/127181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}