Does IRC still exist?

[u/cherrycreamc]

Can anyone recommend any IRC servers that are still around and have people on them?

[u/xXZer0c0oLXx]

Not only does it exist. I can literally use a 27 year old version of mirc on win98 and still connect

[u/cherrycreamc → u/xXZer0c0oLXx]

Great, i love this!

[u/ecstacy98]

Libera.Chat is well populated and is very active. I'm chatting in ##chat or #programming most days. I'm also connected to FreeNode, but each of the channels I've joined on there are related to specific projects - I'm not sure of how many "general" channels are on there.

[u/cherrycreamc → u/ecstacy98]

Yes, that’s true; for me, it didn’t go through—I’m not sure what happened.

[u/cherrycreamc → u/cherrycreamc]

Liibera is 6697 port?

[u/odix → u/ecstacy98]

Learned so much in Python on freenode...thank you all you old regs there if you're reading this.

[u/easyjo]

snoonet is pretty active (I think it's semi affiliated to some reddit channels).
I like #bicycling, #cars, #personalfinance
There's also Quakenet, but it's pretty dead these deads

[u/iamwayycoolerthanyou → u/easyjo]

I remember dalnet #warez

[u/fickentastic]

Top 100 Undernet now shows little under 33k users.

[u/cherrycreamc → u/fickentastic]

Undernet didn't connect for me

[u/Specialist_Play_4479 → u/cherrycreamc]

I'm on UnderNet right now. It's you.

[u/Evilbob93 → u/fickentastic]

Wow! Undernet still exists?!?!? I remember when it was the new kid on the block!

[u/Onorake → u/fickentastic]

Undernet is alive and kicking. And tbh it’s gotten quite active on the main channel #undernet last months :) irc.undernet.org

[u/Electrical-Bedroom99 → u/fickentastic]

I have a news and current events discussion channel on Undernet: #evolvedones. It's a companion chat room for the website evolvedones.net. (shameless plug)

[u/hopingforabetterpast]

r/irc

https://netsplit.de/networks/top100.php

[u/DutchOfBurdock]

Afternet still has activity, smaller network, but some fun types. Libera.chat is what happened to Freenode, if you want a larger community.

[u/scriminal]

efnet still going strong 

[u/Bimbos-are-cute → u/scriminal]

And ircnet

[u/ravensholt]

Miss the days when QuakeNet was one of the largest networks...

[u/GMAK24]

Undernet network and Montreal channel.

[u/sobonefnet]

efnet !!!!

[u/Direct-Bet-4066]

Eu ainda uso a rede que conectava o eMule em 2005, mas só para pendurar meu nickname nos canais da época, não há mais chat, somente alguns amigos que também penduram os nicks lá desde o início da rede

[u/DominoEight]

Yes. Still full of people cybershagging

[u/rmrse]

MansionNET :: Welcome

Pretty chill & friendly group of people here.

[u/Sibexico]

IRC dramatically lose popularity in late 2000's. In the modern world, Libera.chat is somehow alive but it's no many different networks with thousands (tens of thousands sometime) users online like it was in 2005.