⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in Norway

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.

Norway is a Northern European country with a population of over 5.5 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 2.2% of websites from Norway.

Statistics based on 15K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Messenger with an impressive share of 37.4%, followed by Snapchat with 27.5% and Discord with 13.6%.

Messenger 37.4%
Snapchat 27.5%
Discord 13.6%
Telegram 10.1%
WhatsApp 8.1%
Slack 2.9%
Microsoft Teams 1.4%
Matrix 1.4%
Signal 0.6%
Webex 0.3%
IRC 0.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Messenger ^(-2)
2. Snapchat ^(-9)
3. Discord ^(-2)
6. Slack ^(-7)
7. Microsoft Teams ^(-8)
8. Matrix ^(-8)
9. Signal ^(-12)
10. Webex ^(-8)
11. IRC ^(-9)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 11 instant messaging apps used on sites from Norway, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	37.4%
2	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	27.5%
3	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+	13.6%
4	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	10.1%
5	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	8.1%
6	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	2.9%
7	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	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	1.4%
9	Signal Mountain View, California, United States An open-source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. FreeOpen source	0.6%
10	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	0.3%
11	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others. Free	0.3%

👉 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 15,647 websites from Norway.
We currently track the presence of 26 instant messaging apps across the web.
Of these, 11 were detected on websites from Norway.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.