Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering cloud computing and emerging tech industries
LINE - statistics and facts
LINE is a Japan-based, cross-platform mobile messenger app with about 84 million monthly active users in its home market as of 2020. The service is operated by LINE Corporation, which is based in Tokyo. Created in response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, LINE was originally designed as an internet-based method of communication that did not have to rely on the, then-damaged, telecommunications infrastructure. Despite a strong mobile messenger competition in Asia, LINE clearly dominates the mobile messaging market in its home country. This dominant position is reflected by very high penetration rates across age groups in Japan. Further key markets for the messenger app are Taiwan, Thailand, and Indonesia.
