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Line CEO stepping down, COO to take over messaging app’s transformation

Line CEO stepping down, COO to take over messaging app’s transformation

Akira Morikawa, who oversaw Line’s growth into an international messaging juggernaut, will pass the torch in March.
J.T. Quigley · · 2 min read
Line hits two new highs – 400 million registered users, 10 billion messages sent per day

Line hits two new highs – 400 million registered users, 10 billion messages sent per day

Japan-made messaging app Line revealed today that it now has 400 million registered users. While the app is most popular in Japan, it boasts having over 10 million users in
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
4 months after reaching 200 million, Line now has 300 million registered users

4 months after reaching 200 million, Line now has 300 million registered users

Line, the popular smartphone messaging app, has reached 300 million registered users today. The CEO of Line Corp took to Twitter to celebrate the newest milestone. Line’s 300 million user-base
Steven Millward · · 2 min read
Line Hunts Down Path As ‘Line Band’ App Surpasses 15 Million Downloads

Line Hunts Down Path As ‘Line Band’ App Surpasses 15 Million Downloads

Remember Line Band, the extended social network for users of the smash-hit messaging app Line? Today NHN Japan has revealed that Line Band has surpassed 15 million downloads, putting the
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Line Hits 200 Million Users, Adding 100 Million in Just 6 Months

Japan-based chat app Line has crossed another major milestone today, reaching 200 million users. That is huge growth considering that Line just crossed the 100 million mark just six months
Enricko Lukman · · 1 min read

Not Content With Social Domination, Line Launches a News App

Korean-Japanese social messaging service Line is not so much a single app as it is a media empire. With Line-branded social gaming, a Line Camera app, Line Anti-Virus, Line Novel
Steven Millward · · 1 min read

Line Appeals to Bookworms With New ‘Line Novel’ E-Books Portal

The Line juggernaut continues today with the app’s makers, NHN, adding free e-books within the social messaging app. While this doesn’t yet represent a threat to Amazon or Apple’s trade
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

The Growth Story and Future of Mobile Chat App Giant LINE

Mr. Kang Hyunbin, head of business office at LINE Plus Corp Popular mobile messaging chat app LINE was created by NHN Japan inspired by the tragic earthquake that happened in
Willis Wee · · 6 min read

Line is Growing Faster Than Ever, Now Up to 150 Million Users

Far from nearing a saturation point, the messaging app Line is actually growing faster than ever. Having previously taken nearly seven months to go from the 50 million to 100
Steven Millward · · 2 min read

Line’s Kawaii Characters Become Animated TV Series in Japan

NHN Japan’s Line mobile messaging app has hit over 120 million users so far. You may or may not agree but I do think its cutesy characters played a huge
Willis Wee · · 2 min read