🆚 Line vs. Pixiv

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.

Pixiv is a Japanese online art community where artists share and discover illustrations, manga, novels, and animation-inspired artwork, with a strong focus on anime, game, and fan art culture.

It features tagging and ranking systems, bookmarking and recommendation tools, commissioned artwork requests, fan subscriptions, digital and physical merchandise sales, and Pixiv Sketch for browser-based drawing and livestreaming.

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 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.

• 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Design Portfolios category.
• ⭐ 7th most popular in the United States in the Design Portfolios category.
• 🔥 15th most popular in Japan in the Social Media category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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• Line technology profile
• LY Corporation company profile

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