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8 messaging apps on the wall

The oldest messaging app still running

ICQ, running 29 years 306 days since 1996.

29y 306d ICQ has outlasted every other messaging app here.
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Ranked by how long it has run

oldest first

  1. ICQ since 1996 29y 306d
  2. Skype since 2003 23y 47d
  3. WhatsApp since 2009 17y 205d
  4. Zoom since 2011 15y 149d
  5. Slack since 2013 13y 34d
  6. Telegram since 2013 13y 34d
  7. Signal since 2014 12y 50d
  8. Discord since 2015 11y 127d

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