⚡ Online Mapping Services in Japan

Online mapping services allow users to find places, get directions, view traffic conditions and satellite imagery, and access a wide range of location-based features such as geocoding, routing, and points of interest.

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

According to our research, online mapping services are detected on 10.3% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 170K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top map services in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Google Maps, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 99.2% share.
It is followed by Yahoo! Japan Maps with 0.3% and Mapbox with 0.3%.

Google Maps 99.2%
Yahoo! Japan Maps 0.3%
Mapbox 0.3%
OpenStreetMap 0.2%
MapFan 0.2%
ArcGIS 0.07%
Apple Maps 0.07%
Bing Maps 0.03%
MapTiler 0.02%
Naver Map 0.02%
AMap 0.01%
Waze 0.01%
Thunderforest 0.01%
HERE 0.006%
Yandex Maps 0.006%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Yahoo! Japan Maps ^(-23)
3. Mapbox ^(-1)
5. MapFan ^(-23)
7. Apple Maps ^(-4)
8. Bing Maps ^(-2)
10. Naver Map ^(-6)
11. AMap ^(-4)
13. Thunderforest ^(-6)
17. OpenTopoMap ^(-1)
19. TomTom ^(-4)

✨ Best Map Services

Below is a more detailed list of 19 map services used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Google Maps Mountain View, California, United States An online mapping and navigation service from Google that provides users with street maps, satellite imagery, 3D views, real-time traffic data, and route planning across multiple transport modes. Free$$$	99.2%
2	Yahoo! Japan Maps Tokyo, Japan A mapping service operated by LY Corporation.	0.3%
3	Mapbox Washington, DC, United States A cloud-based mapping platform that enables developers to embed customizable maps, navigation, and location search into web, mobile, and embedded applications. Free$0.30+/user	0.3%
4	OpenStreetMap Cambridge, United Kingdom A free, editable world map project that provides open geographic data created and maintained by a global community of contributors. Free	0.2%
5	MapFan Tokyo, Japan An online mapping service designed specifically for the Japanese geodetic reference system.	0.2%
6	ArcGIS Redlands, California, United States A geographic information system platform that enables users to create, use, and share geographic information within their organization, with the community, and on the web. $100+/year	0.07%
7	Apple Maps Cupertino, California, United States A web mapping and navigation service developed by Apple Inc. that provides interactive maps, location search, and route guidance for users across supported regions. Free	0.07%
8	Bing Maps Redmond, Washington, United States A web mapping service offered by Microsoft that provides mapping and location-based services. Free	0.03%
9	MapTiler Zug, Switzerland Provides a software platform and mapping services for creating, hosting, and integrating maps for websites, mobile apps, and other applications. Free$25+/month	0.02%
10	Naver Map Seongnam, Korea A digital map service from the South Korean search engine company Naver. Free	0.02%
11	AMap Hangzhou, China A Chinese web mapping, navigation, and location-based service. Free	0.01%
12	Waze Mountain View, California, United States A free GPS navigation service currently owned by Google. Free	0.01%
13	Thunderforest New Malden, United Kingdom A global activity map provider that maintains a library of map styles based on OpenStreetMap data, as well as creating custom maps. Free$125+/month	0.01%
14	HERE Eindhoven, Netherlands A PaaS for building, deploying, and scaling location-based applications and solutions. Free$$$	0.006%
15	Yandex Maps Moscow, Russia A Russian web mapping and navigation service that provides maps, location search, and route planning across web and mobile platforms. Free	0.006%
16	Carto New York, United States A cloud-based location intelligence platform offering GIS, web mapping, data visualization, and spatial analytics. $$$	0.006%
17	OpenTopoMap Baiersdorf, Germany A free topographic map generated from OpenStreetMap and SRTM elevation data. Free	0.006%
18	2GIS Moscow, Russia A Russian mapping service with navigation tools for drivers and pedestrians.	0.006%
19	TomTom Amsterdam, Netherlands Provides maps and location solutions for the public sector, autonomous driving, fleets, logistics, and more.	0.006%

👉 See Also

🌎 Maps in other countries

🗃️ 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 170,082 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 29 map services across the web.
Of these, 19 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 14, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.