⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in Nepal

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.

Nepal is a South Asian country with a population of over 31 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 18% of websites from Nepal.

Statistics based on 2K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WhatsApp, which dominates the market with a substantial 68.5% share.
It is followed by Messenger with 31.1% and Viber with 14.1%.

WhatsApp 68.5%
Messenger 31.1%
Viber 14.1%
Telegram 2.5%
WeChat 1.4%
Line 0.6%
Discord 0.4%
Snapchat 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Messenger ^(-2)
3. Viber ^(-4)
5. WeChat ^(-1)
8. Snapchat ^(-4)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 8 instant messaging apps used on sites from Nepal, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	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$$$	68.5%
2	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	31.1%
3	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free$$$	14.1%
4	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	2.5%
5	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	1.4%
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	0.6%
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+	0.4%
8	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	0.2%

🗃️ 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 2,881 websites from Nepal.
We currently track the presence of 28 instant messaging apps across the web.
Of these, 8 were detected on websites from Nepal.
Statistics were last calculated on September 19, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.