⚡ Instant Messaging
Instant messaging apps allow users to communicate in real time via text, voice, and video, often with group chats, file sharing, and end-to-end encryption. They can be broadly categorized into traditional chat services (WhatsApp), social media messengers (Facebook Messenger, Snapchat), privacy-focused messengers (Signal, Threema), and workplace collaboration tools (Slack, Microsoft Teams).
According to our statistics, messengers are detected on 7.6% of all websites.
⭐ Most Popular in 2025
The following chart shows the leading instant messaging apps in 2025, based on market share.
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🚀 Highlights
Here is a list of apps that are particularly popular in certain countries.Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.
✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps
Below is a more detailed list of all instant messaging apps we track, ranked by their market share.
Rank Name Market share
1
Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service owned by Meta.
47.9%
2
Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.
26.5%
3
Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service based on Facebook.
9.9%
4
Tokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app.
8.7%
5
Redmond, Washington, United States A communications platform for voice and video calls and sending instant messages that was retired on May 5, 2025 in favor of Microsoft Teams.
7.2%
6
Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform.
6%
7
San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.
4.6%
8
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.
3%
9
Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application.
2.7%
10
Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment application.
1.4%
11
Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.
1.2%
12
Santa Monica, California, United States A messaging and social networking app for smartphones.
1.1%
13
San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for business, which is currently owned by Salesforce.
0.5%
14
Redmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, videoconferencing, file storage and application integration.
0.3%
15
London, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication.
0.2%
16
London, United Kingdom An open source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol.
0.09%
17
A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.
0.08%
18
Mountain View, California, United States An open source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls.
0.04%
19
Parker, Colorado, United States A set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, and collaboration.
0.03%
20
Koszalin, Poland A Polish instant messenger that uses a proprietary protocol.
0.02%
21
Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland A commercial, cross-platform, privacy-focused instant messaging app.
0.01%
22
Moscow, Russia An instant messaging app from Russia, integrated into the country's national IT ecosystem.
0.01%
23
San Francisco, California, United States An open source team chat and collaboration software available in cloud and self-hosted versions.
0.006%
Data updated September 17, 2025
👉 See Also
MatrixLine is #1 in Japan (-3)
QQ is #1 in China (-5)
Zalo is #1 in Vietnam (-7)
Viber is #1 in Serbia (-8)
KakaoTalk is #1 in Korea (-10)
WeChat is #2 in Hong Kong (-8)
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