Slack vs Discord vs Telegram in 2025: Which One Is Really Best for You?
Slack (launched in 2013) is primarily a workplace collaboration tool with structured channels and threads, and in 2024–25 reported roughly 65–79 million monthly active users and 42–47 million daily active users. Discord (launched in 2015) focuses on real-time voice and video for online communities, with a default server member limit of 250,000 (raiseable) and around 200 million monthly users in 2024, including servers that reach millions. Telegram (launched in 2013) blends private messaging with large broadcast channels and groups up to 200,000 members, plus unlimited channels and Topics in Groups introduced in 2023. Slack’s ecosystem is an integration powerhouse with