🆚 IRC vs. QQ
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 QQ is much more popular than IRC.
- 🌎 QQ is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States.
- 🌍 IRC is more popular in Germany, France, and Canada.
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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.
Tencent QQ is a Chinese instant messaging software platform.
It supports text, voice, and video chat, file transfers, and group messaging, allows users to create customizable avatars, integrates social networking features through QQ Zone, and includes additional services such as games, music, and online shopping.
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- 🔥 12nd most popular in Germany in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in the United States in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥇 Most popular in China in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥇 Most popular in China in the Social Media category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Hong Kong in the Instant Messaging category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Cambodia in the Instant Messaging category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Hong Kong in the Social Media category.
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