🆚 Line vs. WhatsApp
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 WhatsApp is much more popular than Line.
- 🌎 WhatsApp is more popular in Brazil, India, and Thailand.
- 🌍 Line is more popular in Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.
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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.
WhatsApp is an instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Meta.
It allows users to send text and voice messages, share photos, videos, documents, and locations, make voice and video calls including group calls, supports end-to-end encryption, and provides a Business API for large-scale messaging and automation.
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- 🥇 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 Brazil in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Thailand in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Instant Messaging category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Turkey in the Instant Messaging category.
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