⚡ Blogging Platforms in Japan

Blogging platforms are web-based services that allow users to create, publish, and manage blog posts. They typically provide tools for text formatting, multimedia integration, and presentation customization.

Japan is an East Asian country with a population of around 125 million people.

According to our data, blogging platforms are used on 0.6% of websites from Japan.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top blogging platforms in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Livedoor Blog with a share of 27.7%, followed by Hatena Blog with 20.4% and Movable Type with 18.6%.

Livedoor Blog 27.7%
Hatena Blog 20.4%
Movable Type 18.6%
WordPress.com 14.9%
FC2 10.8%
Blogger 5.2%
Tumblr 2.3%
Ninja Blog 0.3%
Substack 0.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Japan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Livedoor Blog ^(-4)
2. Hatena Blog ^(-6)
3. Movable Type ^(-3)
5. FC2 ^(-4)
8. Ninja Blog ^(-7)

✨ Best Blogging Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 9 blogging platforms used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Livedoor Blog Tokyo, Japan A Japanese blog hosting platform. Free	27.7%
2	Hatena Blog Kyoto, Japan A Japanese blog hosting platform. Free1,008 JPY/month	20.4%
3	Movable Type Tokyo, Japan A weblog publishing system written in Perl. FreeOpen source	18.6%
4	WordPress.com San Francisco, California, United States A managed WordPress platform that handles hosting, performance, security, and maintenance so site owners can focus on content. $4+/month	14.9%
5	FC2 Las Vegas, Nevada, United States A Japanese blog hosting service. Free	10.8%
6	Blogger Mountain View, California, United States A free online blogging platform owned by Google that hosts user blogs on blogspot.com subdomains. Free	5.2%
7	Tumblr San Francisco, California, United States A blogging and social publishing platform that lets users connect a custom domain to their blogs. Free$6.99/month	2.3%
8	Ninja Blog Tokyo, Japan A Japanese blogging platform. Free480 JPY/month	0.3%
9	Substack San Francisco, California, United States A newsletter and blogging platform that allows you to connect your own domain. Free$$$	0.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Blogging Platforms in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 157,205 websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.