Pidgin is still top—well, top bird I guess, in our IM category. It's one of my personal favorite ways to handle IRC, so it doesn't surprise me to see Pidgin on top again. When it comes to sheer number of supported protocols, Pidgin is amazing. Skype takes a surprising second position, not surprising due to lack of ability, but surprising because it's owned by Microsoft! Thankfully, Skype is still available for Linux, so we won't sling mud.
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Pidgin 39.5%
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Skype 12.9%
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Google Chat 11.9%
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Empathy 7.7%
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Kopete 7.2%
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Other 5.6%*
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Facebook 4.6%
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BitlBee 2.6%
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Jitsi 2.4%
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Konversation 2.2%
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Psi 1.3%
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Gajim 1.1%
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Miranda IM 1.1%
*Popular write-ins: KDE Telepathy, Google Hangouts and Irssi.
