🆚 Line vs. Telegram

📈 Telegram is three times more popular than Line.
🌍 Telegram is more popular in Russia, Thailand, and Iran.
🌍 Line is more popular in Japan, Taiwan, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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

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.

Telegram is a cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy.

It provides voice and video calls, unlimited cloud storage for regular chats and media across devices, end-to-end encryption for Secret Chats, supports groups and channels with up to 200,000 members, and allows bots and mini-apps to extend functionality.

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Website

line.me #179

telegram.org #21

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ✔️

Telegram PremiumVaries by country, $2.49-$4.99/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Telegram instant messaging app is 3 times more popular than Line.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Telegram is more popular in Russia, Thailand, and Iran, while Line is more popular in Japan, Taiwan, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Russia

Japan

Thailand

Iran

Ukraine

United States

Taiwan

Italy

Indonesia

India

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.

🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Iran in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Ukraine in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Belarus in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Uzbekistan in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Telegram is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Line is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

General News

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Entertainment

Travel

Finance/Banking

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

netkeiba.com

#249

dlsite.com

#409

#519

#1,189

#1,507

Name

Rank

#108

#204

#259

#277

#390