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Instant messaging. We all use it, whether it be Skype, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, or some other IM client or platform. We’ve come a long way since the days of ICQ, when IM as a phenomenon really took off. IM is now such an intricate part of our experience of the internet that we thought an infographic on the subject was in order. Enjoy!
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Jonas Nilsson
April 23rd, 2010 at 8:09 am
Interesting! It would be interesting to compare IM use with e.g. Facebook somehow. I for one use a lot less IM services and more Facebook and Twitter.
Geckoandfly
April 24th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
not to be mistaken with Tencent QQ, i think QQ is probably one of the 5 biggest instant messenger in the world. Most of the chinese in China uses QQ
Soud Hyder
April 25th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
Facebook also has an IM, would be interesting to see Facebook IM figures as well.
Albert
April 27th, 2010 at 11:12 am
Interesting. The only one missing is IRC which has gone through a big revival the last years.
ejes
April 29th, 2010 at 12:54 pm
okay, come on… instant messaging was around long before 1993… ever heard of internet relay chat? how about “talk”? yeah, from the 70′s.
Pingdom
April 29th, 2010 at 1:09 pm
Yeah, “chatting” in various forms was around before that. Instant messaging in its current form though, is a different story. We’re not saying that that timeline is an exhaustive timeline of everything that ever happened in computer-to-computer communication… We had limited space, so please cut us some slack.
Tom
May 1st, 2010 at 3:44 am
Am I oldschool, cause I’m not using any messenger?
bakugan
May 24th, 2010 at 2:03 pm
Interesting! It would be interesting to compare IM use with e.g. Facebook somehow. I for one use a lot less IM services and more Facebook and Twitter.
Athryn
June 21st, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Aim was released May 1997, not in 1996.
WQEA
July 29th, 2010 at 6:01 am
WINDOWS LIVE / MSN MESSENGER IS THE BEST BY FAR !!!!!!!!!!