🆚 Messenger vs. Threema

📈 Messenger is much more popular than Threema.
🌍 Messenger is more popular in all countries.
⭐ Threema is particularly popular in Germany.

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

Messenger

Threema

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.

Threema is a commercial, cross-platform instant messaging app focused on privacy and security.

It uses end-to-end encryption for messages, voice, video, group chats, and files, allows anonymous use without a phone number or email, and runs on Swiss-based servers with GDPR compliance and minimal metadata collection.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland

Website

messenger.com #1,121

threema.ch #8,618

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ❌

Threema Private$6.99+

Threema WorkEssential$24/user/year
Advanced$30/user/year
Professional$42/user/year

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Messenger instant messaging app is 775 times more popular than Threema.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Messenger is more popular than Threema in all countries.

Vietnam

United States

Korea

Thailand

Poland

Taiwan

Ukraine

Australia

United Kingdom

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.

🔥 15th most popular in Germany in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Messenger is more popular than Threema in all market segments.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Fashion/Beauty

Blogs/Wiki

Real Estate

Health

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#85

#637

#655

#1,800

#1,826

Name

Rank

#28,742

#173,155

#904,387

#917,256

#1,081,185