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8 messaging apps on the wall

The oldest messaging app still running

ICQ, running 29 years since 1996.

29y 351d ICQ has outlasted every other messaging app here.
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ICQ (1996), Skype (2003) and WhatsApp (2009) lead the 8 messaging apps still running. The list spans 19 years, from ICQ to Discord (2015), and only counts products with a written entry and a founding date; nothing here is dated from a Product Hunt launch. Closed messaging apps are on the closed list.

Ranked by how long it has run

oldest first

  1. ICQ since 1996 29y 351d
  2. Skype since 2003 23y 92d
  3. WhatsApp since 2009 17y 250d
  4. Zoom since 2011 15y 194d
  5. Slack since 2013 13y 79d
  6. Telegram since 2013 13y 79d
  7. Signal since 2014 12y 95d
  8. Discord since 2015 11y 172d

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