🆚 Messenger vs. Viber

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Messenger is three times more popular than Viber.
🌎 Messenger is more popular in Vietnam, the United States, and Korea.
🌍 Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.

Messenger

Viber

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.

Viber is a free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten.

It supports text, voice, and video messaging, one-on-one and group calls, end-to-end encryption by default, group chats with up to 250 participants, communities with unlimited members, disappearing messages, custom stickers and GIFs, and low-cost calls to phone numbers through Viber Out.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

Tokyo, Japan

Website

messenger.com #1,121

viber.com #1,179

Pricing

Free ✔️

Phone callsWorld (unlimited mins)$5.99/month
USA (unlimited mins)$1.99/month
UK (100 mins)$1.99/month
Germany (100 mins)$1.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Messenger instant messaging app is 3 times more popular than Viber.

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 Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.

Vietnam

Ukraine

United States

Korea

Thailand

Russia

Belarus

Poland

Taiwan

Greece

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.

🥇 Most popular in Serbia in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in Ukraine in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in Belarus in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in Bulgaria in the Instant Messaging 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 Viber is more commonly used on general news sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Internet Services

Travel

Education/Reference

Fashion/Beauty

Blogs/Wiki

Health

General News