Yes, they still exist. Chat rooms are still quite popular. Talking real-time with strangers is one thing that is still quite common. Also, it should be noted that country based hat rooms are used by several people in different parts of the world.

Does Yahoo still have chat rooms?

Yahoo has announced plans to permanently axe the public chat rooms feature of its messaging tool. It said in a blog post it would replace the tool, along with other services being removed, with new features. Yahoo said the feature was closing because it was not adding enough value for users.