🆚 Niconico vs. YouTube
- 📈 YouTube is much more popular than Niconico.
- 🌍 YouTube is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ Niconico is particularly popular in Japan.
Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data
YouTubeType
Video platform
Video platform
About
Niconico is a Japanese online video sharing service.
YouTube is the world's largest online video platform and social media service owned by Google that lets users watch, comment on, and upload videos, as well as subscribe to channels.
It supports high-resolution video hosting up to 8K, live streaming with real-time chat and monetization tools, algorithmic recommendations, Shorts for vertical videos, customizable playlists, subtitles, and paid channel memberships.
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan
Mountain View, California, United States
Pricing
Free version ✔️
Premium790+ JPY/month
Free version ✔️Ad-supported
Student$7.99/month
Individual$13.99/month
Family
(5 members)$22.99/month
(5 members)$22.99/month
Categories
Video Platforms › Rank #20
Video Platforms › Rank #1
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The YouTube video platform is 2,098 times more popular than Niconico.
Total websites
Market share
Video Platforms
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
YouTube is more popular than Niconico in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Spain
India
Italy
Brazil
Netherlands
Awards
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Video Platforms category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Video Platforms category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
YouTube is more popular than Niconico in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Travel
Health
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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Google company profile🗃️ 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 3,511,995 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.