🆚 Line vs. Matrix

📈 Line is much more popular than Matrix.
🌍 Line is more popular in Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan.
🌍 Matrix is more popular in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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

Line

Matrix

Type

Instant messaging app

About

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.

Matrix is a set of open APIs for open-federated Instant Messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) and Internet of Things (IoT) communication.

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

London, United Kingdom

Website

line.me #179

matrix.org #55,477

Pricing

Free ✔️

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Line instant messaging app is 54 times more popular than Matrix.

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 Matrix is more popular in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

Japan

Thailand

Taiwan

United States

Indonesia

Singapore

Germany

United Kingdom

Hong Kong

France

Awards

🥇 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.

⭐ 6th most popular in Germany in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 9th most popular in France in the Instant Messaging category.
🔥 13rd most popular in the United States 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 Matrix is more commonly used on software and hardware sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Travel

Fashion/Beauty

Marketing/Merchandising

Blogs/Wiki

Health

Internet Services

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

netkeiba.com

#249

dlsite.com

#409

#519

#1,189

#1,507

Name

Rank

#2,265

#5,480

#6,939

#13,779

#24,540