⚡ Instant Messaging 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. 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 2.3% of websites from the United States .
⭐ Most Popular in 2025
The following chart shows the top instant messaging apps in the United States in 2025, based on market share.
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🚀 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.
✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps
Below is a more detailed list of all instant messaging apps used on sites from the United States , ranked by their market share.
Rank Name Market share
1
Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy.
28.6%
2
San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.
22.1%
3
Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta.
20%
4
Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms.
14.1%
5
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.
5.7%
6
Redmond, 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.
4.1%
7
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.
4%
8
San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for business, which is currently owned by Salesforce.
3.2%
9
Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform.
2.4%
10
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.
1.3%
11
Redmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration.
0.9%
12
London, United Kingdom A set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging, Voice over IP and Internet of Things communication.
0.6%
13
London, United Kingdom An open source chat and networking platform for software developers based on the Matrix protocol.
0.5%
14
Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten.
0.4%
15
A text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.
0.3%
16
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.
0.2%
17
Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls.
0.1%
18
Mountain View, California, United States An open source, privacy-focused messaging app for instant messaging, voice calls, and video calls.
0.08%
19
Parker, Colorado, United States A set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, and collaboration.
0.07%
20
Pfäffikon, Schwyz, Switzerland A commercial, cross-platform, privacy-focused instant messaging app.
0.007%
Data updated October 19, 2025
👉 See Also
Matrix
Gitter
Instant messaging