Instant Messaging Software Market "replacement" trend is obvious

Summary: The ancestor of instant messaging (IM) software is ICQ, a chat software developed by three of young people who quickly wins the favor of global users after being pushed out. Subsequently, Yahoo, Microsoft, Tencent and so on have launched similar products. After 16 years of development, namely

The ancestor of instant messaging (IM) software is ICQ, a chat software developed by three of young people who quickly won the favor of global users after being pushed out. Subsequently, Yahoo, Microsoft, Tencent and so on have launched similar products. After 16 years of development, instant messaging software Market "replacement" trend is obvious. ICQ has already declined, MSN was abandoned by Microsoft, will be merged with Skype early next year, only in mainland China struggling. Tencent QQ has nearly 800 million of the user base, at the same time, micro-letter, Mo Mo, such as a large number of new generation of instant messaging software springing up, the market competition in the brewing of a fresh pattern.

ICQ

Age: 16 years old

User group: 25% it's Russian.

Number of users: 100 million

Disadvantages: Single version language, too many integration functions

QQ

Age: 13 years old

User base: No points

Number of users: 780 million

Advantages: Convenient and efficient, music game features Rich

Disadvantages: pilfer number, advertisement more, Occupy memory

MSN

Age: 13 years old, 7 years in China

User group: High-end white-collar

Number of users: more than 330 million

Disadvantages: Software Bundle, pilfer number, login not, spam advertisement, service poor

SKYPE

Age: 9 years old

User group: High-end crowd

Number of users: 280 million

Advantages: Cheaper than traditional telephone, the world can use

Ali

Age: 5 years and 10 months

User group: Online trading crowd

Number of users: unknown

Advantages: Talk about business convenience, safety

Disadvantage: Pop-up Ads dialog box

Fetion

Age: 5 years and 6 months

User group: China Mobile users

Number of users: 270 million

Advantages: Send text messages to mobile phones

Disadvantage: Send SMS charges to Unicom Telecom users

Wechat

Age: 1 years and 10 months

User group: Young smartphone users

Number of users: 200 million

Advantages: Voice chat, lbs dating

Disadvantage: location is not allowed

Mo

Age: 1 years and 3 months

User group: Young people

Number of users: 10 million

Advantages: Stranger Friends

Disadvantage: User activity and retention rate is not high, location is not accurate

Three generations of instant messaging software

First generation

Chat mainly, integrated blog, games, mailboxes and other applications

Representative: icq\qq\msn\ Sina uc\ NetEase bubble etc

The first generation of instant messaging software is the initial function of chat, with the development of the Internet, QQ and MSN have begun to change. MSN increasingly decline makes QQ in the domestic dominance.

Second generation

Products for specific users

Representative: Ali, everyone desktop, fly, Baidu Hi, etc.

The second generation of instant messaging software is emerging with the development of E-commerce, online gaming and social networking. Taobao Ali, games with YY, Micro Bo letters can meet the needs of chat.

Third generation

The rise of intelligent computer-driven voice chat dating software

Representative: Micro-letter, Mo mo, Rice chat

Micro-letter, Mo mo, rice Chat, such as the advent of the third generation of instant messaging software, making text chat more into voice dialogue, people face is no longer cold text, but emotional voice.

Instant Messaging software Memorabilia

1996

Instant messaging software ancestor Icq was born, then swept the world.

February 1999

Tencent QQ was born.

July 1999

MSN was born.

2003

Skype, the birth of VoIP, has become an epoch-making milestone in the development of Internet telephony.

September 6, 2004

Tom Online announced a joint venture with Skype to enter the Chinese internet phone market.

January 2007

Alibaba Group will Amoy Wangwang and Tradelink integration into Ali Wang Wang.

May 2007

China Mobile's flying letter was born.

December 2010

Millet launched voice chat software rice chat.

January 2011

Tencent followed rice chat to launch micro-letter.

May 10, 2011

Microsoft announces 8.5 billion dollar takeover of Skype.

August 2011

The stranger who focuses on making friends is born.

November 7, 2012

Microsoft announced the merger of MSN and Skype in the first quarter, with the exception of mainland China.