🆚 Viber vs. Zen

Type

Instant messaging app
Social media platform

About

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.

Zen is a Russian blogging and media publishing platform originally created by Yandex and later acquired by VK.

It allows users to publish articles, videos, clips, and long-form posts, automatically curates content through personalized recommendation feeds, and includes monetization through advertising revenue sharing and subscriber donations.

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan
Moscow, Russia

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Phone calls
World (unlimited mins) $5.99/month
USA (unlimited mins) $1.99/month
UK (100 mins) $1.99/month
Germany (100 mins) $1.99/month
Free ✔️

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #7
Social Media › Rank #21
Social Media › Rank #32

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Viber instant messaging app is 3 times more popular than Zen.
Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Belarus, and Greece, while Zen is more popular in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Canada.
Ukraine
Russia
Belarus
Greece
Bulgaria
Serbia
Moldova
Vietnam
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Philippines

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Viber is more popular among sites focused on marketing and merchandising, online shopping, and Internet services, while Zen is more commonly used on business, general news, and education and reference sites.
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
General News
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Health
Travel
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,715
#2,115
#2,397
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Name
Rank
#1,715
#2,510
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See also

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