Messenger

01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs Messenger

Messenger messenger.com

Hang out anytime, anywhere—Messenger makes it easy and fun to stay close to your favorite people

Wikidata: instant messaging app developed by Meta Platforms

Company

No imprint we could read

Part of

facebook.com Runs this domain’s DNS

Online since

Not in the Internet Archive

Audience

Top 10K In English

02 · Privacy

What Messenger tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

20 of the 60 sites closest to Messenger match.

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   Viber viber.com Top 1K English 4 trackers

   Home | Viber

   cross-platform instant messaging voice-over-Internet Protocol application for smartphones

   • Akamai
   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian
   • Font Awesome
   • Google Analytics
   • Google Fonts

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   WhatsApp whatsapp.com Top 100 English No trackers

   WhatsApp | Secure and Reliable Free Private Messaging and Calling

   Use WhatsApp Messenger to stay in touch with friends and family. WhatsApp is free and offers simple, secure, reliable messaging and calling, available on phones all over the world.

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Proofpoint
   • Adobe
   • Dropbox
   • Meta Business Suite

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   LINE line.me Top 1K English 1 tracker

   LINE｜always at your side.

   More than just a messenger app. LINE is new level of communication and the very infrastructure of your life.

   • Google Search Console
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Google Tag Manager
   • jsDelivr
   • Meta Business Suite

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   Discord discord.com Top 1K English 2 trackers

   Discord - Group Chat That’s All Fun & Games

   Discord is great for playing games and chilling with friends, or even building a worldwide community. Customize your own space to talk, play, and hang out.

   • Google Search Console
   • Apple Business
   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • DocuSign

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   GroupMe groupme.com English No trackers

   GroupMe | Group chat app

   Group text messaging to every phone. The easy way to connect with all the groups in your life, big and small.

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Framer
   • Google Fonts
   • Amazon Route 53

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   Signal signal.org Top 10K English No trackers

   Signal >> Home

   Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Workspace

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   Zalo zalo.me Top 10K English 1 tracker

   Zalo: Phát triển Internet thay đổi cuộc sống người Việt Nam

   Tìm hiểu cách Zalo xây dựng, phát triển và đóng góp thông qua Zalo, Zing, Zalo Video; Trí tuệ nhân tạo (AI) Kiki Auto, mô hình ngôn ngữ lớn; Chuyển đổi số …

   • Google Search Console
   • Microsoft 365
   • Amazon SES
   • Google Analytics
   • Next.js
   • OpenAI

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   VK vk.me English No trackers

   The Official VK Messenger

   Communication is what VK Messenger was made for. You’ll find all your VK friends already here. Add people from your phone’s contact list, and start calling and messaging all in one convenient app. Exclusive features and useful improvements come with every update.

   • GlobalSign
   • PHP

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   Slack slack.com Top 1K English EU-registeredFree plan 1 tracker

   Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

   Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

   • Google Search Console
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Google Workspace
   • HubSpot
   • OneTrust
   • Amazon Route 53

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    Bale bale.ai Top 10K English 1 tracker

    اپلیکیشن بله | پیام‌رسانی و انواع خدمات سازمانی و مالی

    بله علاوه بر امکانات پیام‌رسانی و مالی، انواع خدمات سازمانی مثل استعلام کالابرگ، رهگیری مرسوله پستی، سرویس هوش مصنوعی و... را ارائه می‌دهد!

    • Google Search Console
    • Next.js
    • React
    • Yandex Metrica

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    Respond.io respond.io English 3 trackers

    Respond.io | AI-Powered Customer Conversation Platform

    Trusted by 10,000+ B2C businesses to scale customer chats, calls & campaigns. Unify WhatsApp, TikTok, Instagram & Facebook in a team inbox with AI Agents on respond.io

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Astro
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Google Tag Manager

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    SaleSmartly salesmartly.com Top 10K English No trackers

    AI-Powered Omnichannel Customer Engagement Platform | SaleSmartly

    Trusted by 300,000+ businesses. Unify WhatsApp, Telegram, Facebook, Instagram & more in a shared inbox with AI agents, CRM & automation to capture, convert & retain customers.

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Next.js
    • nginx
    • React
    • Amazon Route 53

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    Threema threema.ch Top 10K English No trackers

    Threema – Secure Communication For Individuals and Companies

    The secure instant messenger from Switzerland. GDPR-compliant messaging for individuals and organizations that value privacy, security and data protection.

    • Google Search Console
    • nginx

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    Wati wati.io English 4 trackers

    Wati | AI Platform for WhatsApp Business, Instagram & More

    Join 16,000+ businesses that sell, support, and market on WhatsApp, Instagram and TikTok with Wati. Send broadcasts, build chatbots, and let AI agents run conversations by your rules.

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Astro
    • Brevo
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS

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    Bumble bumble.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Bumble | Date, Chat & Meet New People

    Bumble is a social network that allows you to feel empowered while making connections, whether you're dating or looking for friends.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Meta Business Suite
    • Next.js
    • nginx
    • React

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    Snapchat snapchat.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Snapchat - Say It In A Snap

    Chat, send Snaps, explore Stories, and try Lenses on desktop, or download the app on mobile! See how to connect & create with friends on Snapchat, wherever you are.

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Canva
    • Dropbox

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    Airship airship.com English 2 trackers

    Customer Experience Platform | Airship

    Airship is the only mobile-first customer experience platform that delivers measurable results through AI-powered, unified cross-channel experiences.

    • Google Search Console
    • Adobe
    • Atlassian
    • consentmanager
    • DocuSign
    • Fastly

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    BAND band.us Top 10K English No trackers

    BAND – The App For Groups

    Where Leaders Communicate Better

    • Google Search Console
    • Java

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    Crisp crisp.chat English No trackers

    The AI Customer Support Platform for Every Business - Crisp

    Crisp is the ultimate all-in-one AI-powered multichannel messaging platform that helps businesses connect instantly with their customers or leads who are waiting for support. With its quickly evolving set of tools, Crisp is leading businesses through the AI-driven revolution by using conversations to unlock hypergrowth.

    • Google Search Console
    • Cloudflare
    • Meta Business Suite
    • Nuxt
    • Vue.js

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    Ably ably.com English Free plan 2 trackers

    Ably | Realtime platform for chat, AI and live apps at scale

    Ably is the realtime platform built for scale and reliability. Power live chat, messaging, collaborative apps, and AI experiences that never drop.

    • Google Search Console
    • Microsoft 365
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles Messenger’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones Messenger uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Messenger adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.