Line

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.

According to our data, Line is the 4th most popular instant messaging app on the web.
It has 8.7% of the instant messaging market share and is detected on 0.7% of all websites.

🏠 Website
- line.me #179
🔗 Links
- Wikipedia
👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Community
- Reddit

💸 Pricing

Line is available for free.

Free ✔️

📊 Rankings and Market Share

Instant Messaging
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 8.7%
Social Media
- Rank: 10
- Market share: 1.3%

🏆 Line 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.
⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the Social Media category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Thailand in the Social Media category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Singapore in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 9th most popular in Indonesia in the Social Media category.
⭐ 10th most popular in Singapore in the Social Media category.

⚡ Sites Using Line

We have data on 20,631 websites that use the Line instant messaging app. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Line is netkeiba.com.

#	Website	Rank	Country	Language
1	netkeiba.com	#249	Japan	Japanese
2	dlsite.com	#409	Japan	Japanese
3	weathernews.jp	#519	Japan	Japanese
4	ltn.com.tw	#1,189	Taiwan	Chinese
5	starbucks.co.jp	#1,507	Japan	Japanese
6	jreast.co.jp	#1,651	Japan	Japanese
7	mamastar.jp	#1,668	Japan	Japanese
8	tvbs.com.tw	#1,850	Taiwan	Chinese
9	storm.mg	#2,054	Madagascar	Chinese
10	toyokeizai.net	#2,073	Japan	Japanese
11	homes.co.jp	#2,087	Japan	Japanese
12	tsite.jp	#2,553	Japan	Japanese
13	smbc-card.com	#2,564	Japan	Japanese
14	sankei.com	#2,628	Japan	Japanese
15	cosme.net	#2,650	Japan	Japanese
16	huffingtonpost.jp	#2,691	Japan	Japanese
17	forbesjapan.com	#2,905	Japan	Japanese
18	tenki.jp	#2,910	Japan	Japanese
19	eiga.com	#2,959	Japan	Japanese
20	booklive.jp	#3,057	Japan	Japanese

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Line:

are located in Japan
have content in Japanese
use the .com domain extension
fall into the Online Shopping category.

🌎 Countries📢 Languages⭐ TLDs🗃️ Domain Categories

Most of the sites using Line are from Japan, Thailand, and Taiwan.

Most Line users speak Japanese, Thai, or Chinese.

The Line instant messaging app is especially popular on .com, .jp, and .co.jp top-level domains.

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Line include online shopping, business, and education and reference.

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Line alternatives.

Rank	Name
1	WhatsApp Menlo Park, California, United States An instant messaging and Voice over IP service owned by Meta. Free
2	Telegram Dubai, United Arab Emirates A cloud-based messaging app for mobile and desktop platforms focused on security, speed, and privacy. Free$$$
6	WeChat Shenzhen, China A Chinese instant messaging, social media, and mobile payment app that has evolved into a super-app combining communication, commerce, and everyday services. Free
10	KakaoTalk Jeju-si, Jeju-do, Korea A Korean instant messenger for chats and real-time voice and video calls. Free
14	Max Moscow, Russia An instant messaging app from Russia, integrated into the country's national IT ecosystem. Free