⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in China

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.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 22.5% of websites from China.

Statistics based on 64K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top instant messaging apps on websites in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WeChat with a substantial share of 60.4%, followed by QQ with 30.7% and WhatsApp with 13.8%.

WeChat 60.4%
QQ 30.7%
WhatsApp 13.8%
Telegram 3%
WeCom 2.6%
Line 1.7%
Discord 1.4%
Messenger 1.4%
Lark 1.1%
Slack 0.09%
Microsoft Teams 0.08%
Snapchat 0.05%
Zalo 0.04%
Zoom 0.02%
KakaoTalk 0.02%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. WeChat ^(-5)
2. QQ ^(-8)
5. WeCom ^(-12)
9. Lark ^(-10)
10. Slack ^(-4)
11. Microsoft Teams ^(-4)
16. Webex ^(-4)
17. Gitter ^(-4)
22. Rocket.Chat ^(-2)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 22 instant messaging apps used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WeChat Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services. Free	60.4%
2	QQ Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform. Free	30.7%
3	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States A cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication. Free$$$	13.8%
4	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	3%
5	WeCom Shenzhen, China A Chinese cloud-based platform by Tencent for enterprise communication, team collaboration, and client management that connects businesses with WeChat users. Free	2.6%
6	Line Tokyo, 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. Free	1.7%
7	Discord San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video. Free$2.99+	1.4%
8	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	1.4%
9	Lark Haidian, Beijing, China An enterprise collaboration platform developed by ByteDance that integrates instant messaging, document collaboration, video conferencing, and calendar management. Free$7.20+/user/month	1.1%
10	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	0.09%
11	Microsoft Teams Redmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration. Free$9.99+/month	0.08%
12	Snapchat Santa 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. Free	0.05%
13	Zalo Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service. Free99,000 VND+/month	0.04%
14	Zoom San Jose, California, United States A cloud-based communications platform that enables video meetings, audio conferencing, phone calls, and team chat across devices. Free$15.99+/user/month	0.02%
15	KakaoTalk Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean messaging platform widely considered a super app, combining private and group chats, voice and video calls, communities, and other digital services. Free	0.02%
16	Webex San Jose, California, United States A cloud-based video conferencing and collaboration solution that enables users to hold online meetings, video calls, webinars, and team conversations with integrated chat and collaboration features. Free$14.50+/user/month	0.01%
17	Gitter London, United Kingdom An open-source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol. Free	0.007%
18	Max Moscow, Russia A Russian instant messaging platform integrated into the country's national digital ecosystem. Free	0.007%
19	Matrix London, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication. Free	0.007%
20	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free$$$	0.007%
21	RingCentral Belmont, California, United States A business communications platform that includes contact center and AI-powered phone, video, event management, and automation solutions. $20+/user/month	0.007%
22	Rocket.Chat Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients. FreeOpen source$$$	0.007%

👉 See Also

🌎 Instant Messaging in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 64,975 websites from China.
We currently track the presence of 28 instant messaging apps across the web.
Of these, 22 were detected on websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on September 19, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.