🆚 IRC vs. Line
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Line is much more popular than IRC.
- 🌍 Line is more popular in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan.
- 🌍 IRC is more popular in Germany, Russia, and the Czech Republic.
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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging supported by many clients such as mIRC, XChat, ChatZilla and others.
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.
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- 🔥 12nd most popular in Germany in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in the United States in the Instant Messaging 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.
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