⚡ Instant Messaging in Spain

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 8.9% of websites from Spain.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

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

The most popular is WhatsApp, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 80.1% share.
It is followed by Telegram with 17.2% and Messenger with 2.4%.

WhatsApp 80.1%
Telegram 17.2%
Messenger 2.4%
Skype 2.1%
Discord 1.8%
Microsoft Teams 0.3%
Snapchat 0.3%
Slack 0.2%
Line 0.1%
Viber 0.1%
WeChat 0.1%
QQ 0.1%
Matrix 0.06%
KakaoTalk 0.04%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. Skype ^(-1)
5. Discord ^(-2)
6. Microsoft Teams ^(-8)
7. Snapchat ^(-5)
8. Slack ^(-5)
13. Matrix ^(-2)
15. IRC ^(-2)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

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

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WhatsAppMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service owned by Meta.	80.1%
2	TelegramDubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.	17.2%
3	MessengerMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service based on Facebook.	2.4%
4	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.	2.1%
5	DiscordSan Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.	1.8%
6	Microsoft TeamsRedmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, videoconferencing, file storage and application integration.	0.3%
7	SnapchatSanta Monica, California, United States A messaging and social networking app for smartphones.	0.3%
8	SlackSan Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for business, which is currently owned by Salesforce.	0.2%
9	LineTokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app.	0.1%
10	ViberTokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application.	0.1%
11	WeChatShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment application.	0.1%
12	QQShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform.	0.1%
13	MatrixLondon, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication.	0.06%
14	KakaoTalkJeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.	0.04%
15	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.	0.04%

Data updated October 8, 2025

👉 See Also

🔗 Links
- Instant messaging

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