What are modern thematic chats like IRC?

Question

IRC

Tell me, are there any modern group chats of various topics?
Not only about programming, and not those in which you can only chat with your friends.
And general chats in which many people discuss some topics. (Music, Smartphones, Cats, etc.).
Those. I don't want to create a separate chat, but I want to join a chat that already has a lot of people. Those. something like IRC.
And preferably those that have Russian chats :)
Well, if there is nothing suitable, and IRC is still alive, then advise a good client, and servers, where it is active :)

Answer 1

Well, now different types of developers are trending chats on Slack. Here is an article on Habré:
habrahabr.ru/post/223709
A suitable group can be found by googling.
And since IRC is the most alive, the old grunted client does his job perfectly.
Today I found more, here:
https://github.com/mr-mig/ru-it-chats