🆚 Matrix vs. WeChat

📈 WeChat is much more popular than Matrix.
🌎 WeChat is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States.
🌍 Matrix is more popular in Germany, France, and Finland.

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

Matrix

WeChat

Type

Instant messaging app

About

Matrix is a set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) and Internet of Things (IoT) communication.

WeChat (or Weixin in Chinese) is a Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services.

It supports text, voice, and video messaging, group chats, public accounts, and the Moments social feed, includes an integrated digital wallet and payments through WeChat Pay, and hosts mini-programs and third-party services within its ecosystem.

Headquarters

London, United Kingdom

Shenzhen, China

Website

matrix.org #55,477

wechat.com #15,218

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WeChat instant messaging app is 22 times more popular than Matrix.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WeChat is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States, while Matrix is more popular in Germany, France, and Finland.

China

Hong Kong

United States

Germany

Netherlands

Cambodia

United Kingdom

South Africa

Taiwan

France

Awards

⭐ 6th most popular in Germany in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 9th most popular in France in the Instant Messaging category.
🔥 13rd most popular in the United States in the Instant Messaging category.

🥇 Most popular in Hong Kong in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in China in the Social Media category.
🥈 Second most popular in China in the Instant Messaging category.
🥉 Third most popular in Hong Kong in the Social Media category.
🥉 Third most popular in Cambodia in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WeChat is more popular than Matrix in all market segments.

Business

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Software/Hardware

Marketing/Merchandising

Blogs/Wiki

General News

Games

Government/Military

Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#2,265

#5,480

#6,939

#13,779

#24,540

Name

Rank

#224

#1,109

#2,049

#3,638

#5,356