🆚 QQ vs. Viber

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 QQ is as popular as Viber.
🌎 QQ is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States.
🌍 Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.

Viber

Type

Instant messaging app

About

Tencent QQ is a Chinese instant messaging software platform.

It supports text, voice, and video chat, file transfers, and group messaging, allows users to create customizable avatars, integrates social networking features through QQ Zone, and includes additional services such as games, music, and online shopping.

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

Shenzhen, China

Tokyo, Japan

Website

im.qq.com

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 QQ instant messaging app is as popular as Viber.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

QQ is more popular in China, Hong Kong, and the United States, while Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.

China

Ukraine

Russia

Hong Kong

Belarus

United States

Greece

Serbia

Bulgaria

Moldova

Awards

🥇 Most popular in China in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in China in the Social Media category.
🥈 Second most popular in Hong Kong in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Cambodia in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Hong Kong in the Social Media 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.

QQ is more popular among sites focused on business, Internet services, and blogs and wiki, while Viber is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, online shopping, and general news sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Internet Services

General News

Education/Reference

Travel

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Health