🆚 Discord vs. Line

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Instant messaging app
Instant messaging app

About

Discord is an instant messaging and VoIP social platform that allows users to communicate via text chat, voice, and video.

It organizes users into persistent communities called servers containing categorized text and voice channels, supports role-based permissions for access control, includes bots through a public API, allows direct and group messaging, and offers features such as threads and screen sharing.

Line is a Japanese instant messaging and social networking app often described as a super-app because it integrates services such as a digital wallet, news feed, digital comics, media streaming, and shopping.

It supports voice and video calls, group chats with up to 500 participants, a Timeline social feed, Line Pay payments, hidden chats with self-deleting messages, and mini-apps.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Tokyo, Japan

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️
Nitro Basic$2.99
Nitro$9.99
Free ✔️

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #5
Instant Messaging › Rank #4
Social Media › Rank #13
Social Media › Rank #10

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Line instant messaging app is 1.6 times more popular than Discord.
Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging
Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Line is more popular in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan, while Discord is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France.
Japan
Thailand
Taiwan
United States
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Canada
Netherlands
Indonesia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Line is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising, while Discord is more commonly used on games, business, and blogs and wiki sites.
Games
Business
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Fashion/Beauty

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
p**nhub.com
#26
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#107
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Name
Rank
netkeiba.com
#249
#1,189
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See also

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