⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in France

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.

France is a Western European country with a population of around 69 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 2.5% of websites from France.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WhatsApp with a share of 28.2%, followed by Discord with 25.1% and Telegram with 22.2%.

WhatsApp 28.2%
Discord 25.1%
Telegram 22.2%
Messenger 17%
Snapchat 5.6%
Slack 1.7%
Zoom 1.4%
Matrix 0.9%
Microsoft Teams 0.8%
WeChat 0.8%
Line 0.6%
IRC 0.5%
Viber 0.4%
Gitter 0.4%
RingCentral 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Discord ^(-3)
5. Snapchat ^(-6)
6. Slack ^(-7)
7. Zoom ^(-5)
8. Matrix ^(-8)
9. Microsoft Teams ^(-5)
12. IRC ^(-6)
14. Gitter ^(-3)
15. RingCentral ^(-4)
17. XMPP ^(-6)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 18 instant messaging apps used on sites from France, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	28.2%
2	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+	25.1%
3	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	22.2%
4	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	17%
5	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	5.6%
6	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	1.7%
7	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	1.4%
8	Matrix London, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication. Free	0.9%
9	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	0.8%
10	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	0.8%
11	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	0.6%
12	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others. Free	0.5%
13	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	0.4%
14	Gitter London, United Kingdom An open source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol. Free	0.4%
15	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	0.3%
16	KakaoTalk Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls. Free	0.1%
17	XMPP Parker, Colorado, United States A set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, and collaboration.	0.1%
18	Signal Mountain View, California, United States An open source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. FreeOpen source	0.07%

👉 See Also

🌎 Instant Messaging in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 108,896 websites from France.
Statistics were last calculated on February 15, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.