🆚 IRC vs. Line

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
IRC
Line

Type

Instant messaging app
Instant messaging app

About

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.

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

Website

irchelp.org #4,223,556
line.me #179

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free ✔️

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #20
Instant Messaging › Rank #4
Social Media › Rank #10

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Line instant messaging app is 119 times more popular than IRC.
Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Line is more popular in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan, while IRC is more popular in Germany, Russia, and Finland.
Japan
Thailand
Taiwan
United States
Indonesia
Singapore
Hong Kong
United Kingdom
Germany
France

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Line is more popular than IRC in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Travel
Fashion/Beauty
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Health
Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#2,908
#31,025
#37,321
#51,423
#65,716
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Name
Rank
netkeiba.com
#249
dlsite.com
#409
#519
#1,189
#1,507
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See also

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