⚡ 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 38.1% of websites from Vietnam.

Statistics based on 27K+ 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 75.8%, followed by Messenger with 51.7% and WhatsApp with 5%.

Zalo 75.8%
Messenger 51.7%
WhatsApp 5%
Telegram 3.6%
Viber 1.1%
Discord 0.5%
WeChat 0.3%
Microsoft Teams 0.3%
Line 0.2%
Lark 0.1%
Rocket.Chat 0.05%
Slack 0.04%
KakaoTalk 0.04%
Max 0.03%
Zoom 0.009%

🚀 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 ^(-7)
2. Messenger ^(-2)
5. Viber ^(-2)
8. Microsoft Teams ^(-7)
10. Lark ^(-9)
11. Rocket.Chat ^(-13)
12. Slack ^(-2)

✨ Best Instant Messaging Apps

Below is a more detailed list of 17 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	75.8%
2	Messenger Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging service developed by Meta, available on Android, iOS, and web platforms. Free	51.7%
3	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$$$	5%
4	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$	3.6%
5	Viber Tokyo, Japan A free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten. Free$$$	1.1%
6	Discord San Francisco, California, United States An instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video. Free$2.99+	0.5%
7	WeChat Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services. Free	0.3%
8	Microsoft Teams Redmond, Washington, United States A proprietary business collaboration platform built for hybrid work, offering chat, video conferencing, file storage, and application integration. Free$9.99+/month	0.3%
9	Line Tokyo, Japan A Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping. Free	0.2%
10	Lark Haidian, Beijing, China An enterprise collaboration platform developed by ByteDance that integrates instant messaging, document collaboration, video conferencing, and calendar management. Free$7.20+/user/month	0.1%
11	Rocket.Chat Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients. FreeOpen source$$$	0.05%
12	Slack San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based team communication platform for businesses, currently owned by Salesforce. Free$8.75+/month	0.04%
13	KakaoTalk Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean messaging platform widely considered a super app, combining private and group chats, voice and video calls, communities, and other digital services. Free	0.04%
14	Max Moscow, Russia A Russian instant messaging platform integrated into the country's national digital ecosystem. Free	0.03%
15	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	0.009%
16	QQ Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging software platform. Free	0.009%
17	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	0.009%

👉 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 27,915 websites from Vietnam.
We currently track the presence of 28 instant messaging apps across the web.
Of these, 17 were detected on websites from Vietnam.
Statistics were last calculated on September 7, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.