🆚 Messenger vs. Slack

📈 Messenger is much more popular than Slack.
🌎 Messenger is more popular in Vietnam, the United States, and Korea.
🌍 Slack is more popular in Saint Helena.

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

Messenger

Slack

Type

Instant messaging app

About

Messenger, formerly known as Facebook Messenger, is an instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms.

It supports one-on-one and group voice and video calls, offers optional end-to-end encryption for secret conversations, allows users to generate stickers with AI using text prompts, and provides business integrations through bots and automated replies.

Slack is a cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce.

It provides real-time messaging with organized channels, searchable history, file sharing, workflow automation, and integrations with over 2,600 third-party apps.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

messenger.com #1,121

slack.com #1,026

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ✔️90 days of message history, 10 apps

Pro$8.75/month

Business+$18/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Messenger instant messaging app is 17 times more popular than Slack.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Messenger is more popular in Vietnam, the United States, and Korea, while Slack is more popular in Saint Helena.

Vietnam

United States

Korea

Thailand

Poland

Taiwan

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Australia

Italy

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Poland in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Hungary in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Greece in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in the Philippines in the Instant Messaging category.

🥉 Third most popular in Ireland in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Ireland in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in France in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the United States in the Online Collaboration category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Online Collaboration category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Messenger is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while Slack is more commonly used on software and hardware, technical information, and interactive web applications sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Travel

Fashion/Beauty

Blogs/Wiki

Software/Hardware

Real Estate

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#85

#637

#655

#1,800

#1,826

Name

Rank

#50

#116

#201

#1,026

#1,419