🆚 Line vs. Reddit

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

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

Line

Type

Instant messaging app

Social media platform

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.

Reddit is a social news aggregation, content rating, and forum social network where content is promoted by members ("redditors") through voting.

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

line.me #179

reddit.com #25

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ✔️Ad-supported

Reddit Premium$5.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Line instant messaging app is 2.7 times more popular than Reddit.

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

Japan

Thailand

Taiwan

United States

Vietnam

United Kingdom

Germany

Indonesia

India

Canada

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.

⭐ 8th most popular in Vietnam in the Social Media category.
⭐ 10th most popular in Iran in the Social Media category.
🔥 11st most popular in India in the Social Media category.
🔥 11st most popular in the Philippines in the Social Media category.
🔥 13rd most popular in Singapore in the Social Media category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Line is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and education and reference, while Reddit is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, games, and software and hardware sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Entertainment

Marketing/Merchandising

Games

Software/Hardware

Internet Services

Travel