⚡ Instant Messaging Apps in Vietnam

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.

Vietnam is a Southeast Asian country with a population of over 99 million people.

According to our statistics, instant messaging apps are detected on 36.4% of websites from Vietnam.

Statistics based on 25K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Zalo with an impressive share of 75.9%, followed by Messenger with 54.1% and WhatsApp with 3.8%.

Zalo 75.9%
Messenger 54.1%
WhatsApp 3.8%
Telegram 3.7%
Viber 1.3%
Discord 0.4%
Microsoft Teams 0.2%
Line 0.2%
WeChat 0.07%
Rocket.Chat 0.07%
Slack 0.05%
Snapchat 0.02%
KakaoTalk 0.02%
Zoom 0.01%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Zalo ^(-8)
2. Messenger ^(-1)
5. Viber ^(-3)
7. Microsoft Teams ^(-8)
10. Rocket.Chat ^(-12)
11. Slack ^(-2)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 15 instant messaging apps used on sites from Vietnam, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Zalo Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service. Free99,000 VND+/month	75.9%
2	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	54.1%
3	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free	3.8%
4	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	3.7%
5	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free	1.3%
6	Discord San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video. Free$2.99+	0.4%
7	Microsoft Teams Redmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration. Free$9.99+/month	0.2%
8	Line Tokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping. Free	0.2%
9	WeChat Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services. Free	0.07%
10	Rocket.Chat Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients. FreeOpen source$$$	0.07%
11	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	0.05%
12	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	0.02%
13	KakaoTalk Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls. Free	0.02%
14	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	0.01%
15	QQ Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform. Free	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 25,882 websites from Vietnam.
We currently track the presence of 26 instant messaging apps across the web.
Of these, 15 were detected on websites from Vietnam.
Statistics were last calculated on April 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.