🆚 QQ vs. X

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.

X, formerly known as Twitter, is a social media platform that allows users to post short messages, images, and videos.

It supports posting ("posts" replaced "tweets" after rebranding), reposting, live audio Spaces, direct messages, hashtags, mentions, and an AI assistant called Grok that can reply to posts, answer questions, and generate images.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥈 Second most popular in China in the Instant Messaging category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in China in the Social Media category.
• 🥉 Third most popular in Hong Kong in the Instant Messaging category.
• ⭐ 7th most popular in Hong Kong in the Social Media category.

• 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Social Media category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Social Media category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Nigeria in the Social Media category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Uganda in the Social Media category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Ghana in the Social Media category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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• QQ technology profile
• Tencent company profile

• X technology profile
• X Corp. company profile