LINE

1. DAU ≈ 92 M domestic users. 

2. MAU ≈ 97 M (Apr 2025).

3. Audience Even gender split; strongest in 35-44 age band.

4. Snapshot Japan’s “super-app” layers payments, Mini-Apps, news and VOOM video onto chat. Official Accounts + LINE Ads Platform allow occupation, income-band and handset-price targeting; incentives land instantly via LINE Pay.

5. Metric provenance LINE Corp data 2022-25.

6. Recruiting upside Broadcast screeners to OA followers filtered by tag (“doctor”, “systems engineer”); one-to-one chat lifts response rates.

7. Respondent-search upside Group polls and rich menus pre-qualify experts; phone/SMS verification keeps fraud low.

Chatwork

1. DAU ≈ 1.1 M (Dec 2023).

2. User base Used by 386 K + companies. 

3. Audience SME staff, IT pros, consultants; web traffic 62 M/month.

4. Snapshot Japan’s top SME work-chat SaaS; “rooms” blend Slack-style channels with Kanban-like task boards and deep integrations into Kintone and Garoon. API & Webhooks allow automated screener pushes inside departmental rooms.

5. Metric provenance Chatwork CSR 2023.

6. Recruiting upside Admin can blast bot messages only to, say, R-&-D or Finance rooms and export activity logs to verify engagement.

7. Respondent-search upside Domain-verified OAuth ensures job titles are real; survey boards capture response time-stamps for audit-grade compliance.