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1. Discord

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chatgroup chat

Discord is a relatively new VoIP (voice over internet protocol) software application created in May of 2015 by two developers, Jason Citron and Stan Vishnevskiy. It's currently used by millions of people all over the world and has been growing in popularity at a very fast rate. Discord is different...

2. WhatsApp

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chatgroup chat

WhatsApp, is a freeware, cross-platform messaging and VOIP service from Facebook. It lets users send text and voice messages, make voice and video calls, and share their locations and multimedia.

3. Telegram

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chatphoto sharinggroup chatscreen sharing

Telegram is a free messaging app with a focus on security and speed. It was created by two Russian brothers, Nikolai and Pavel Durov, in August of 2013. What makes Telegram stand out from other messaging apps is its emphasis on security. Messages are encrypted using a powerful algorithm that...

4. WeChat

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Windows Mac iOS Android
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chat

WeChat is a brand new program that helps users communicate. Chat with other people and enjoy the user experience now online. Over 17 different languages are featured with the WeChat program as well. The program can be customized in a lot of new ways too. The WeChat program helps people...

5. Skype

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chat

Skype has been around since 2003 when it was launched by two Finnish entrepreneurs, Janus Friis and Netscape cofounder Niklas Zennström. The idea behind Skype came about because Niklas wanted international phone service at the lowest cost possible, but he couldn't find any existing services that met his requirements. So...

6. Kik

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: iOS Android
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chat

Created by Ted Livingston, founder and CEO of the company Kik Interactive, Kik is a mobile messaging application that is free to use and can be downloaded on both iPhone and Android. Targeted to a teenage and young adult audience, the main features of the Kik app include an original...

7. Viber

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chat

Viber is a free messaging and calling app that was created by Israeli entrepreneur Talmon Marco in 2010. It was originally created to provide a solution for people who are in a long-distance relationship. In 2014, the messaging platform was purchased by Rakuten.

What makes Viber unique among messaging apps...

8. Facebook Messenger

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: instant messengerchatvideo callingvideo chat

Facebook Messenger is a truly fantastic app. It's so good, it has users all over the world. It can do so much for a business that you are in. Almost every business out there wants to communicate with their customers more effectively. They want faster turnaround times, more personalization, and...

9. Slack

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: instant messengerchatgroup chat

Slack was created in 2013 by Stewart Butterfield and two of his colleagues. It is a messaging app that allows users to communicate with one another through chat rooms. What makes Slack unique is its focus on team collaboration. It's often used by businesses as a way to communicate with...

10. Snapchat

• Category: Social & Communications
• Platforms: iOS Android
• Tags: instant messengerchatphoto sharing

Snapchat is a popular app for iOS and Android devices. Founded on July 8, 2011, the service has garnered immense attention from users across the world. Bobby Murphy, Evan Spiegel, and Reggie Brown started Snapchat to encourage an instant and natural flow of communication/interaction. The beauty of Snapchat is that...

11. Omegle

• Category: Random Video Chat Services
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: random video chat

Omegle is a website that is used to chat with another person for free. You do not need to register to join this platform. You will be randomly paired with another person that has the same interest as you are and you can use anonymous names like You, stranger, or...

12. ChatRandom

• Category: Random Video Chat Services
• Platforms: Web
• Tags: random video chat

Chatrandom is a video conference-based website that was launched in 2011 and already has more than 4 million users. The website has people from 185 different countries. This website allows people from every country around the globe to connect with each other via webcam, it is very similar to other...

13. Yubo

• Category: Random Video Chat Services
• Platforms: iOS Android
• Tags: random video chat

Yubo is a mobile phone app that was designed in 2015 by three french engineering students called Sacha Lazimi, Jeremie Aouate and Arthur Patora. The main target of this app is young people and it is available for either Android or iOS, it already has about 40 million users around...

14. ChatRoulette

• Category: Random Video Chat Services
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: random video chat

ChatRoulette was founded in 2009 by a 17 years old Russian student called Andrej Ternowskij, this website went from 500 users to 50.000 in one month, the website sustains itself thanks to its advertising as well as a service of online dating.

This website is based on videoconferences, and it...

15. MeetMe

• Category: Random Video Chat Services
• Platforms: iOS Android
• Tags: random video chat

MeetMe, previously known as MyYearbook, is a mobile phone app that was created to give users the possibility to meet people with similar interests. It belongs to a group of different apps such as Skout, Tagged or Lovoo. It already has more than 100 million subscribers.

MeetMe is a free-to-download...

16. Twitch

• Category: Videos & Movie
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: live broadcastingsocial networkvideo streaminglive streaminggame streaming

Twitch is a live video streaming service that mainly focuses on game streaming. The service was launched on June 6, 2011. Emmett shear, Justin Kan, Kevin Lin, Kyle Vogt, and Michael Seibel are the founders of this superb service. Twitch also broadcasts sports besides offering music and creative content broadcasts....

17. DLive

• Category: Videos & Movie
• Platforms: Web
• Tags: live broadcastingvideo streaminglive streaminggame streamingblockchain

DLive is a well-known American video live broadcasting platform that was established back in 2017. In 2019, BitTorrent acquired the streaming service. The site is not strict on content in terms of content guidelines, as such, the platform has become very popular compared to Twitch and YouTube are usually very...

18. YouTube

• Category: Videos & Movie
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: live broadcastingsocial networkmusic streamingvideo streaminglive streaminggame streamingvideo hosting

YouTube was created in 2005 by three former employees of PayPal. It is a video-sharing website where users can upload, view, and share videos. In 2006, Google purchased YouTube for $1.65 billion. At the time, it was the largest purchase Google had ever made. Today, YouTube is one of the...

19. Live.me

• Category: Videos & Movie
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: live broadcastinglive streaminggame streaming

Live.me is a livestream app that was launched in 2016, and since then it has been downloaded more than 20 millions times. The minimum age for using this app is 13 years. This app allows its users either to livestream their own videos and gain popularity with it, or just...

20. YouNow

• Category: Videos & Movie
• Platforms: Web Windows Mac iOS Android Linux
• Tags: live broadcastinglive streaminggame streaming

YouNow is an online livestreaming platform founded by Adi Sideman in September 2011. It can be used either from their website or from Android and iOS devices. Its main competitors are Periscope and Meerkat. This software allows users to publish their own livestreams as well as interact with other streamers....