⚡ Translation Software in Japan

Website translation software allows users to make content accessible in multiple languages, enabling sites to serve a global audience.

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

According to our statistics, translation software is detected on 10% of websites from Japan.

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

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top translation software on websites in Japan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is GlotPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 72.7% share.
It is followed by Google Translate with 15% and GTranslate with 6.7%.

GlotPress 72.7%
Google Translate 15%
GTranslate 6.7%
WPML 2.6%
Polylang 2.6%
Wovn.io 2.1%
Weglot 1%
qTranslate-XT 0.7%
qTranslate-X 0.5%
TranslatePress 0.5%
i18next 0.2%
Google Cloud Translation 0.2%
Microsoft Translator 0.08%
Localize 0.08%
MotionPoint 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Google Translate ^(-1)
3. GTranslate ^(-2)
6. Wovn.io ^(-7)
8. qTranslate-XT ^(-2)
13. Microsoft Translator ^(-2)
14. Localize ^(-3)
16. DeepL ^(-3)

✨ Best Translation Software

Below is a more detailed list of 18 translation software solutions used on sites from Japan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	GlotPress An open-source WordPress plugin that lets you set up your own collaborative, web-based software translation tool. FreeOpen source	72.7%
2	Google Translate Mountain View, California, United States A free multilingual translation service that supports over 240 languages. Free	15%
3	GTranslate Coral Springs, Florida, United States A service that makes websites multilingual by offering automatic machine translation. Free$9.99+/month	6.7%
4	WPML Hong Kong A multilingual WordPress plugin that helps users translate websites and WooCommerce stores into multiple languages from a single dashboard. €39+/year	2.6%
5	Polylang Bourgoin Jallieu, France A WordPress plugin that helps users translate posts, pages, media, categories, tags, widgets, navigation menus, and more. FreeOpen source€99+	2.6%
6	Wovn.io Tokyo, Japan A website localization solution that can make a website multilingual in just a few simple steps. $$$	2.1%
7	Weglot Paris, France A website translation solution designed to automatically detect, translate, and display your website in over 110 languages. Free$17+/month	1%
8	qTranslate-XT A WordPress plugin that is maintained and developed as an extended version of the discontinued qTranslate-X plugin. FreeOpen source	0.7%
9	qTranslate-X A discontinued WordPress plugin used for managing dynamic multilingual content on websites. FreeOpen sourceLegacy	0.5%
10	TranslatePress Timișoara, Romania A WordPress translation plugin that lets site owners create multilingual websites by translating all content directly from a front-end visual interface. FreeOpen source€99+/year	0.5%
11	i18next An internationalization framework written in and for JavaScript. FreeOpen source	0.2%
12	Google Cloud Translation Mountain View, California, United States An AI-powered machine translation service offered by Google. Free tier$$$	0.2%
13	Microsoft Translator Redmond, Washington, United States A cloud-based multilingual machine translation service developed by Microsoft that enables translation of text, speech, images, and multi-device conversations. Free$$$	0.08%
14	Localize Kingston, New York, United States A cloud-based, no-code, AI-powered translation solution that allows you to translate dynamic websites, apps, and more using workflow tools. $60+/month	0.08%
15	MotionPoint Coconut Creek, Florida, United States A managed website translation platform that delivers concierge-level, end-to-end translation. $$$	0.03%
16	DeepL Cologne, Germany An AI language platform and machine translation service that supports over 30 languages. Free$10.49+/month	0.03%
17	Loco London, United Kingdom A translation management tool for developers that helps to integrate translations into software. Free$5.95+/month	0.02%
18	Transifex Covina, California, United States A localization automation platform that helps developers and marketers publish digital content in multiple languages. $145+/month	0.006%

👉 See Also

🌎 Translation 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 19 translation software solutions across the web.
Of these, 18 were detected on websites from Japan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.