⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in the United States

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.

The United States of America (USA) is a North American country with a population of over 341 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 2.1% of websites from the United States.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WhatsApp with a share of 29%, followed by Telegram with 22.3% and Discord with 20%.

WhatsApp 29%
Telegram 22.3%
Discord 20%
Messenger 14.7%
Snapchat 6.1%
WeChat 3.7%
Slack 3.2%
QQ 2.4%
Line 2.2%
Microsoft Teams 1.7%
Matrix 0.5%
Viber 0.4%
Gitter 0.4%
IRC 0.4%
Zalo 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

3. Discord ^(-2)
5. Snapchat ^(-6)
7. Slack ^(-5)
10. Microsoft Teams ^(-3)
11. Matrix ^(-4)
13. Gitter ^(-3)
14. IRC ^(-3)
17. Signal ^(-1)
18. XMPP ^(-1)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 18 instant messaging apps used on sites from the United States, 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	29%
2	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	22.3%
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+	20%
4	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	14.7%
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	6.1%
6	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	3.7%
7	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	3.2%
8	QQ Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform. Free	2.4%
9	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	2.2%
10	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	1.7%
11	Matrix London, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication. Free	0.5%
12	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	0.4%
13	Gitter London, United Kingdom An open source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol. Free	0.4%
14	IRC A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others. Free	0.4%
15	Zalo Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service. Free99,000 VND+/month	0.2%
16	KakaoTalk Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls. Free	0.2%
17	Signal Mountain View, California, United States An open source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls. FreeOpen source	0.1%
18	XMPP Parker, Colorado, United States A set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, and collaboration.	0.08%

👉 See Also

🌎 Instant Messaging in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 488,743 websites from the United States.
Statistics were last calculated on January 28, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.