Back in my day, we didn't need audio or video to chat with our friends. We had green text on a black screen, and we liked it. Thankfully, for many of us, we're still living in my day. XChat takes top spot as the IRC-specific application, and Pidgin follows close on its heels offering incredible IRC support for a multiprotocol client.

• XChat 24.6%

• Pidgin 21.6%

• Irssi 15.9%

• Konversation 9.5%

• Chatzilla 7.3%

• Other 4.9%*

• Quassel 4.7%

• WeeChat 3.7%

• HexChat 2.6%

• Opera IRC 2.6%

• Jitsi 1.4%

• ERC (emacs) 1.2%

*Popular write-in: KVirc.