According to a survey conducted in December 2019, the messaging app LINE was leading among mobile social media and communication applications in Japan, being used by almost 90 percent of smartphone owners. It was followed by the microblogging service Twitter, which was used by more than half of the respondents.
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MMD Labo. (February 18, 2020). Most used social networking service (SNS) and communication apps among smartphone users in Japan as of December 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100943/japan-leading-sns-and-communication-apps-smartphones/
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