⚡ Syndication in Japan

Content syndication allows publishers to distribute their updates in a standardized format, enabling automated content delivery, feed subscriptions, email notifications, and integration with other platforms for wider audience reach.

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

According to our statistics, syndication technologies are used on 36.4% of websites from Japan.

Statistics based on 160K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top syndication technologies in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is RSS with a substantial share of 86.5%, followed by JSON Feed with 44.1% and Atom with 7%.

RSS 86.5%
JSON Feed 44.1%
Atom 7%
Feedly 2.8%
FeedBurner 0.2%
Follow.it 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. Feedly ^(-2)

✨ Best Syndication Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 6 syndication technologies used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	RSS An XML-based web feed format that allows users to receive automatic updates from websites such as blogs, news outlets, and podcasts in a standardized, machine-readable form.	86.5%
2	JSON Feed A feed file format for web syndication in JSON.	44.1%
3	Atom Fremont, California, United States An XML-based web feed format used to syndicate content such as articles and updates, similar to RSS but defined as an IETF standard.	7%
4	Feedly Redwood City, California, United States A web-based feed aggregator that also has "Follow on Feedly" buttons for publishers. Free$6.99+/month	2.8%
5	FeedBurner Mountain View, California, United States A web feed management service from Google that enhances RSS and Atom feeds with delivery optimization, subscriber tracking, and basic analytics for publishers. Free	0.2%
6	Follow.it Balzan, Malta Both a feed reader and a feed delivery and monetization solution for publishers. Free$$$	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Syndication 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 160,338 websites from Japan.
We currently track the presence of 6 syndication technologies across the web.
Of these, 6 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.