⚡ Instant Messaging in India

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 19.8% of websites from India.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

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

The most popular is WhatsApp, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 86.9% share.
It is followed by Telegram with 10.5% and Skype with 4.8%.

WhatsApp 86.9%
Telegram 10.5%
Skype 4.8%
Messenger 3.5%
Discord 0.7%
Snapchat 0.4%
Line 0.2%
Slack 0.1%
Microsoft Teams 0.03%
Matrix 0.03%
Viber 0.02%
QQ 0.02%
WeChat 0.01%
Zalo 0.01%
Signal 0.01%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Skype ^(-2)
5. Discord ^(-2)
6. Snapchat ^(-6)
8. Slack ^(-5)
9. Microsoft Teams ^(-5)
10. Matrix ^(-5)
15. Signal ^(-3)
16. XMPP ^(-3)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

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

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WhatsAppMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service owned by Meta.	86.9%
2	TelegramDubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based mobile and desktop messaging app with a focus on security and speed.	10.5%
3	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.	4.8%
4	MessengerMenlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service based on Facebook.	3.5%
5	DiscordSan Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.	0.7%
6	SnapchatSanta Monica, California, United States A messaging and social networking app for smartphones.	0.4%
7	LineTokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app.	0.2%
8	SlackSan Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for business, which is currently owned by Salesforce.	0.1%
9	Microsoft TeamsRedmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, videoconferencing, file storage and application integration.	0.03%
10	MatrixLondon, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication.	0.03%
11	ViberTokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application.	0.02%
12	QQShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform.	0.02%
13	WeChatShenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment application.	0.01%
14	ZaloHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.	0.01%
15	SignalMountain View, California, United States An open source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls.	0.01%
16	XMPPParker, Colorado, United States A set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, and collaboration.	0.01%

Data updated September 28, 2025

👉 See Also

🔗 Links
- Instant messaging

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