Is IRC being used now?

Question

IRC

Everyone dumped in jabbers, telegrams and so on, but what about IRC, someone is sitting there?

Answer 1

They are sitting. Such geeky freaks and lovers of not only communication, but also any file.
Bots with distributions have not been canceled.
Yes, and the world has succumbed in recent years. Unicode, Windows 10, everything...
www.mirc.com

Answer 2

IRC is your own server. Who cares about the money for MyChat, or Jabber servers and their clients didn't fit for some reason. The IRC protocol is very limited, but if you need a minimum, then why not use it.