Top 50 Mobile phone operators in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest mobile phone operators in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 131 mobile phone operators tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. LINE, T-Mobile and NTT DoCoMo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 20,171,787 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 532,477, and the largest, LINE, reaches around 15,101,980 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each mobile phone operator, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 LINE LINE 15,101,980 44.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
2 T-Mobile T-Mobile 2,739,085 3.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
3 NTT DoCoMo NTT DoCoMo 2,330,722 95.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
4 Vivo (telecommunications) Vivo (telecommunications) 1,692,444 6.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
5 E-Plus E-Plus 789,085 76.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
6 AT&T AT&T 597,429 0.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
7 WIND (Italy) WIND (Italy) 544,151 4.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
8 True Corporation True Corporation 457,350 16.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
9 Orange Orange 427,243 1.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
10 KT Corporation KT Corporation 214,391 14.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
11 Comcast Comcast 213,884 1.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
12 Vodafone Vodafone 149,450 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
13 verizon verizon 142,732 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
14 Sprint Corporation Sprint Corporation 142,288 5.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
15 Telus Telus 71,974 1.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
16 Giffgaff Giffgaff 65,567 1.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
17 Sveriges Television Sveriges Television 62,151 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
18 Telefónica Telefónica 50,714 0.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
19 SingTel SingTel 46,569 16.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
20 Telstra Telstra 43,467 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
21 Straight Talk Straight Talk 42,357 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
22 Lebara Lebara 36,786 0.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
23 M-Net M-Net 36,343 9.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
24 Free Mobile Free Mobile 35,876 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
25 Türk Telekom Türk Telekom 35,177 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
26 SFR SFR 31,685 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
27 Lycamobile Lycamobile 31,525 0.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
28 Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom 31,215 0.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
29 KPN KPN 28,738 0.7% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
30 TTNET TTNET 28,359 1.9% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
31 Optus Optus 27,053 0.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
32 Vodacom Vodacom 26,743 1.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
33 Turkcell Turkcell 25,436 0.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
34 Lifesize Lifesize 25,174 6.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
35 Bouygues Telecom Bouygues Telecom 24,541 0.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
36 Airtel Airtel 23,188 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
37 Public Mobile Public Mobile 22,857 1.8% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
38 Tele2 Tele2 22,566 0.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
39 BT Group BT Group 21,073 0.3% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
40 NET10 NET10 20,615 20.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
41 SK Telecom SK Telecom 20,232 34.5% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
42 Digicel Digicel 18,878 2.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
43 I-Mobile I-Mobile 18,482 18.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
44 China Unicom China Unicom 18,438 15.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
45 MetroPCS MetroPCS 18,352 0.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
46 China Mobile China Mobile 16,761 10.1% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
47 Telcel Telcel 16,455 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
48 Viasat Viasat 13,306 0.6% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
49 Telmex Telmex 12,817 0.2% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics
50 Simyo Simyo 10,169 0.4% Mobile phone operator Technology & Electronics

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each mobile phone operator by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest mobile phone operator in Japan?

LINE currently leads with an estimated audience of 15,101,980 people in Japan.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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