🆚 IRC vs. XMPP

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
IRC
XMPP

Type

Instant messaging app
Instant messaging app

About

IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.

XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is a set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, and collaboration.

Headquarters

Parker, Colorado, United States

Website

irchelp.org #4,223,556
xmpp.org #2,297,905

Pricing

Free ✔️

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #20
Instant Messaging › Rank #24

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The IRC instant messaging app is 3 times more popular than XMPP.
Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

IRC is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France, while XMPP is more popular in Russia and Isle of Man.
United States
Germany
France
Russia
Canada
Netherlands
Italy
Switzerland
Japan
Poland

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

IRC is more popular than XMPP in all market segments.
Software/Hardware
Blogs/Wiki
Technical/Business Forums
Games
Technical Information
Internet Services
Entertainment
Business
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Shareware/Freeware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#2,908
#31,025
#37,321
#51,423
#65,716
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Name
Rank
#211,283
#230,067
#645,006
#677,926
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See also

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