Hatena Blog
Hatena, Kyoto, JapanHatena Blog is a Japanese blog hosting platform that allows users to publish and manage personal or professional blogs with customizable domains and themes.
It provides a visual and 
Markdown editor, supports embedding media such as images, videos, and external content directly in posts, offers smartphone-optimized publishing with mobile apps and offline drafts, and includes free and paid plans with features like custom domains and ad removal.
According to our data, Hatena Blog is the 8th most popular blogging platform on the web.
It has 1.5% of the blogging platform market share and powers 0.02% of all websites.
It is especially popular in Japan, appearing on 0.4% of all websites in the country.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
Hatena Blog is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Blogging Platforms
- Rank: 8
- Market share: 1.5%
🏆 Hatena Blog Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Blogging Platforms category.
⚡ Sites Powered by Hatena Blog
We have data on 844 websites that use the Hatena Blog blogging platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Hatena Blog is hatena.blog.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hatena.blog |
#502 | Japan | Japanese |
| 2 | #138,798 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 3 | #140,040 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 4 | #260,530 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 5 | #280,269 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 6 | #320,824 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 7 | #324,477 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 8 | #325,090 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 9 | #359,236 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 10 | #366,615 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 | #371,779 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 12 | #374,644 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 13 | #389,246 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 14 | #389,887 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 15 | #390,270 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 16 | #392,246 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 17 | #396,173 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 18 | #397,214 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 19 | #398,804 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 20 | #399,519 | Japan | Japanese |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Hatena Blog:
- are located in Japan
- have content in Japanese
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.
Most of the sites using Hatena Blog are from Japan.
- Japan 99.4%
- United States 0.2%
- Germany 0.1%
- Iran 0.1%
- Singapore 0.1%
- Other 0.1%
Most Hatena Blog users speak Japanese.
- Japanese 99.2%
- English 0.7%
- Persian 0.1%
The Hatena Blog blogging platform is especially popular on .com, .net, and .jp top-level domains.
- .com 61.5%
- .net 11.6%
- .jp 8.3%
- .work 4.3%
- .info 2.1%
- .org 1.5%
- .co.jp 1.5%
- .tokyo 1.5%
- .xyz 1.4%
- Other 6.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Hatena Blog include blogs and wiki, Internet services, and business.
- Blogs/Wiki 72.7%
- Internet Services 6.1%
- Business 3%
- Education/Reference 3%
- Entertainment 3%
- Games 3%
- General News 3%
- Software/Hardware 3%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3%
- Other 0.2%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Hatena Blog?
Hatena Blog is owned by Hatena Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan.
Does Hatena Blog offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does it cost per month?
The price is ¥1,008 per month.
Which country uses Hatena Blog the most?
The majority of Hatena Blog users are from Japan.
Who uses Hatena Blog?
According to our data, Hatena Blog is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as snrec.jp,
studyhacker.net, and
soredoko.jp.
How does Hatena Blog compare to its competitors?
Hatena Blog is a moderately popular blogging platform, ranking ahead of 12 other blogging platforms we track.
What are the alternatives to Hatena Blog?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Hatena Blog may include 
Livedoor Blog, 
FC2, and 
Ninja Blog.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.