🆚 Hatena Blog vs. LiveJournal

Type

Blogging platform
Blogging platform

About

Hatena 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.

LiveJournal is a blogging and social networking platform currently owned by a Russian company.

Headquarters

Kyoto, Japan
Moscow, Russia

Website

Pricing

Free version ✔️
Hatena Blog Pro ¥1,008/month
Free version ✔️ Ad-supported
Professional 199 RUB/month

Categories

Blogging Platforms › Rank #10
Blogging Platforms › Rank #17

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Hatena Blog blogging platform is 10 times more popular than LiveJournal.
Total websites

Market share

Blogging Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Hatena Blog is more popular in Japan and the United States, while LiveJournal is more popular in Russia.
Japan
Russia
United States
Germany
Iran
Singapore

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Hatena Blog is more popular than LiveJournal in all market segments.
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Entertainment
Business
Education/Reference
Games
General News
Sports
Software/Hardware
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#108,496
#117,388
#137,134
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Name
Rank
#583,828
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See also

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