⚡ Instant Messaging in Belgium

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 2.3% of websites from Belgium.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

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

The most popular is WhatsApp with a substantial share of 50.3%, followed by Messenger with 29.1% and Discord with 7.7%.

WhatsApp 50.3%
Messenger 29.1%
Discord 7.7%
Telegram 7.4%
Skype 3.7%
Snapchat 2%
Slack 1.3%
WeChat 1.1%
Matrix 0.9%
Microsoft Teams 0.7%
Line 0.2%
Gitter 0.2%
KakaoTalk 0.2%
IRC 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Messenger ^(-1)
3. Discord ^(-4)
6. Snapchat ^(-6)
7. Slack ^(-6)
8. WeChat ^(-2)
9. Matrix ^(-6)
10. Microsoft Teams ^(-4)
12. Gitter ^(-4)
14. IRC ^(-3)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

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

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WhatsAppMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta.	50.3%
2	MessengerMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms.	29.1%
3	DiscordSan Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.	7.7%
4	TelegramDubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy.	7.4%
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.	3.7%
6	SnapchatSanta Monica, California, United States A messaging and social networking app that lets users send photos and videos ("Snaps") that disappear after being viewed by default.	2%
7	SlackSan Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for business, which is currently owned by Salesforce.	1.3%
8	WeChatShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services.	1.1%
9	MatrixLondon, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication.	0.9%
10	Microsoft TeamsRedmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration.	0.7%
11	LineTokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping.	0.2%
12	GitterLondon, United Kingdom An open source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol.	0.2%
13	KakaoTalkJeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.	0.2%
14	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.	0.2%

Data updated October 19, 2025

👉 See Also

🔗 Links
- Instant messaging

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