⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in Turkey

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.

Turkey is a Eurasian country with a population of over 86 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 19.5% of websites from Turkey.

Statistics based on 36K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WhatsApp, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 92% share.
It is followed by Telegram with 8.4% and Discord with 1.5%.

WhatsApp 92%
Telegram 8.4%
Discord 1.5%
Messenger 1.3%
Microsoft Teams 0.3%
Snapchat 0.3%
Viber 0.3%
Slack 0.1%
Zoom 0.1%
WeChat 0.07%
Line 0.04%
QQ 0.04%
Webex 0.03%
Zalo 0.03%
IRC 0.01%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Discord ^(-2)
5. Microsoft Teams ^(-10)
6. Snapchat ^(-5)
7. Viber ^(-1)
8. Slack ^(-5)
9. Zoom ^(-3)
13. Webex ^(-5)
15. IRC ^(-5)
16. Rocket.Chat ^(-6)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 16 instant messaging apps used on sites from Turkey, 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	92%
2	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	8.4%
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+	1.5%
4	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	1.3%
5	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	0.3%
6	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	0.3%
7	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	0.3%
8	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	0.1%
9	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	0.1%
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	0.07%
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	0.04%
12	QQ Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform. Free	0.04%
13	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	0.03%
14	Zalo Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service. Free99,000 VND+/month	0.03%
15	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others. Free	0.01%
16	Rocket.Chat Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients. FreeOpen source$$$	0.01%

👉 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 36,764 websites from Turkey.
We currently track the presence of 26 instant messaging apps across the web.
Of these, 16 were detected on websites from Turkey.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.