⚡ Online Course Platforms in Japan

Online course platforms are software systems that enable the creation, delivery, and management of educational content online.

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

According to our data, online course platforms are detected on 0.05% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 171K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Udemy, which dominates the market with a substantial 51.3% share.
It is followed by Teachable with 17.5% and Thinkific with 7.5%.

Udemy 51.3%
Teachable 17.5%
Thinkific 7.5%
Kajabi 7.5%
LinkedIn Learning 3.8%
edX 3.8%
Coursera 2.5%
LearnWorlds 2.5%
Uscreen 2.5%
Circle.so 1.3%

🚀 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. Udemy ^(-3)
5. LinkedIn Learning ^(-7)
6. edX ^(-9)
7. Coursera ^(-4)
9. Uscreen ^(-1)

✨ Best Online Course Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 10 online course platforms used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Udemy San Francisco, California, United States An online skills marketplace and learning platform where instructors can publish free or paid courses in video, text, and other formats and learners can access them on demand. $35+/month	51.3%
2	Teachable New York, United States An all-in-one cloud-based platform for creating, marketing, and selling online courses with a fully hosted environment and built-in payment processing. $39+/month	17.5%
3	Thinkific Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada A software platform that enables entrepreneurs to create, market, sell, and deliver their own online courses. Free$49+/month	7.5%
4	Kajabi Newport Beach, California, United States An all-in-one platform for knowledge entrepreneurs to build, market, and sell educational content. $89+/month	7.5%
5	LinkedIn Learning Mountain View, California, United States An online course platform that helps professionals learn relevant skills and achieve their goals. $29.99/month	3.8%
6	edX Lanham, Maryland, United States An online learning platform founded by Harvard and MIT in 2012 that offers massive open online courses, professional certificates, boot camps, and fully online degrees in collaboration with universities and organizations. Free$25+/user/month	3.8%
7	Coursera Mountain View, California, United States A global platform for online learning and career development offering learners access to courses, professional certificates, specializations, and fully online bachelor's and master's degrees from leading universities and companies. Free$239+/year	2.5%
8	LearnWorlds Limassol, Cyprus A cloud-based, AI-powered learning management system designed for course creators. $$$	2.5%
9	Uscreen North Bethesda, Maryland, United States An all-in-one membership platform designed for video creators to host, distribute, and monetize video content through subscriptions and on-demand access. $49+/month	2.5%
10	Circle.so New York, United States A community-focused platform for creating and managing online spaces with discussions, events, and member-only content. $89+/month	1.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 Online Courses 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 171,073 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 16 online course platforms across the web.
Of these, 10 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on June 19, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.