🆚 Flipboard vs. Line

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Line is much more popular than Flipboard.
🌍 Line is more popular in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan.
🌎 Flipboard is more popular in the United States, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom.

Flipboard

Line

Type

Social media platform

Instant messaging app

About

Flipboard is a social news aggregator and content discovery platform.

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

Palo Alto, California, United States

Tokyo, Japan

Website

flipboard.com #20,010

line.me #179

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Line instant messaging app is 17 times more popular than Flipboard.

Total websites

Market share

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 Flipboard is more popular in the United States, Vietnam, and the United Kingdom.

Japan

Thailand

Taiwan

United States

Indonesia

Vietnam

Singapore

United Kingdom

Germany

Spain

Awards

🔥 14th most popular in Vietnam in the Social Media category.
🔥 20th most popular in Spain in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 24th most popular in Italy in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 24th most popular in Brazil in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 25th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.

🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Taiwan in the Instant Messaging category.
🥉 Third most popular in Thailand in the Instant Messaging category.
🥉 Third most popular in Taiwan in the Social Media category.
🥉 Third most popular in Indonesia in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Line is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and education and reference, while Flipboard is more commonly used on general news and technical, business forums sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Marketing/Merchandising

Travel

Fashion/Beauty

General News

Health