⚡ Instant Messaging in Australia

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 2.1% of websites from Australia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top instant messaging apps in Australia in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is Messenger with a substantial share of 50.1%, followed by WhatsApp with 25.6% and Discord with 6.6%.

Messenger 50.1%
WhatsApp 25.6%
Discord 6.6%
Telegram 6.5%
Skype 5.1%
Snapchat 3.4%
Microsoft Teams 3.1%
WeChat 1.8%
Line 1.1%
Slack 1.1%
Viber 0.2%
KakaoTalk 0.2%
QQ 0.2%
Zalo 0.2%
IRC 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top apps that are more popular in Australia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Messenger ^(-2)
3. Discord ^(-4)
6. Snapchat ^(-6)
7. Microsoft Teams ^(-7)
8. WeChat ^(-2)
10. Slack ^(-3)
15. IRC ^(-2)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of all instant messaging apps used on sites from Australia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	MessengerMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service based on Facebook.	50.1%
2	WhatsAppMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service owned by Meta.	25.6%
3	DiscordSan Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.	6.6%
4	TelegramDubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.	6.5%
5	SkypeRedmond, 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.	5.1%
6	SnapchatSanta Monica, California, United States A messaging and social networking app for smartphones.	3.4%
7	Microsoft TeamsRedmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, videoconferencing, file storage and application integration.	3.1%
8	WeChatShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment application.	1.8%
9	LineTokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app.	1.1%
10	SlackSan Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for business, which is currently owned by Salesforce.	1.1%
11	ViberTokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application.	0.2%
12	KakaoTalkJeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.	0.2%
13	QQShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform.	0.2%
14	ZaloHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.	0.2%
15	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.	0.2%
16	MatrixLondon, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication.	0.08%
17	GitterLondon, United Kingdom An open source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol.	0.08%
18	SignalMountain View, California, United States An open source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls.	0.08%

Data updated September 17, 2025

👉 See Also

🔗 Links
- Instant messaging

When interpreting and using the results, please read our methodology and disclaimer.