Comparison
Y99 is one of the largest old-school chat rooms sites still running, with far more features than we have. It is also open to teens and supported by ads. Those two facts are most of the difference between us.
Y99 describes itself as a micro social network that recreates early internet chat rooms, in the spirit of IRC and Yahoo Messenger. You can join or create rooms on any topic, watch or take part, and move between them freely. Its random chat article says there are over 120,000 rooms. It is a very large search name: 301,000 US searches a month for "y99", and 823,000 in India.
It began as group chat and added a one-to-one random chat, which pairs you with a stranger under the name Anonymous, and later a random video chat without login. Around the chat sits a lot more: private messages, rooms you can password-protect, registered-user badges earned by posting hashtags, push notifications, a basic Android app, and companion sites for drawing, watching videos together and meetings.
Its rooms include AI chat bots. Its own blog lists bots such as Ninja_Girl_AI and Quiz_AI that greet people who say hi, while its about page says "no bots".
Y99 is free, and says there are no hidden fees. To start you enter a username; no registration is needed. Accounts exist and unlock extras such as badges, and Internet Matters notes that some rooms require a verified account.
On age, Y99’s privacy policy says only that it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Internet Matters, a UK child-safety charity, says the site has no clear age requirement, runs teens-only rooms that anyone can enter by lying about their age, and carries third-party ads — some styled like chat windows. It recommends under-18s avoid Y99.
| Feature | Y99 | MatchWithRandom |
|---|---|---|
| Model | Chat rooms plus random chat | One-to-one random matching |
| To start | A username | Display name, gender, age |
| Account | Optional; some rooms need a verified one | No account exists |
| Rooms | Over 120,000, plus your own | Not offered |
| Random video chat | Yes | Yes |
| Advertising | Yes | None |
| Age policy | No clear minimum; teens-only rooms | 18+ |
| Mobile app | Basic Android app | Browser only |
Yes. Its about page says there are no hidden fees, and you can start with just a username. The site shows advertising.
No. You enter a username and start. Registered accounts unlock extras such as badges, and some rooms require a verified account.
Internet Matters, a UK child-safety charity, recommends that under-18s avoid Y99. It says the site has no clear age requirement, and that anyone can enter its teens-only rooms by lying about their age. We are 18+ only.
Yes, in rooms. Its own blog describes AI chat bots such as Ninja_Girl_AI and Quiz_AI that reply when you say hi, and notes that blocking one blocks them all.
Yes. It pairs you one-to-one with a stranger under the name Anonymous, and has added a random video chat that works without login.
If you want rooms and a community, Y99 offers far more. The case for us is a single one-to-one conversation, in text or video, on a site that is adults only with no ads.
How this was checked: Checked against y99.in — its homepage, about page, privacy policy, random chat article and its own blog posts on AI bots, badges and its Android app — on 16 and 17 September 2026. Child-safety details are from Internet Matters’ guide to Y99, same date. Search volumes are DataForSEO figures, 16 September 2026. These services change their pricing and signup requirements often. If you find something here that is out of date, it is a bug — tell us and we will correct it.
No account, no download, no reason to put it off. Press start and see who you get.
By starting a chat you confirm you are 18 or older and accept the terms.