Niconico
Niconico is a Japanese online video sharing service.
According to our data, Niconico ranks 20th among the video platforms we track.
It has 0.04% of the video platform market share and is detected on 0.01% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
Wikipedia💸 Pricing
Niconico is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Video Platforms
- Rank: 20
- Market share: 0.04%
🏆 Niconico Awards
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the Video Platforms category.
⚡ Sites Using Niconico
We have data on 421 websites that use the Niconico video platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Niconico is kakuyomu.jp.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kakuyomu | #660 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 2 | #1,007 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 3 | #1,103 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Japanese | ||
| 4 | #2,420 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 5 | nijisanji | #8,538 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 6 | dengekihobby | #9,111 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 7 | #10,718 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 8 | famitsu | #11,766 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 9 | danime | #18,959 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 10 |  b.hatena.ne.jp |
Japan | Japanese | ||
| 11 | #24,362 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 12 | ch76 | #25,285 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 13 | dmm-chari | #26,328 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 14 | channel | #27,411 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 15 | #27,673 | English | |||
| 16 | #34,926 | English | |||
| 17 | #35,887 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 18 | #37,697 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 19 | #43,681 | Japan | Japanese | ||
| 20 | anime-umamusume3 | #46,990 | Japan | Japanese |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Niconico:
- are located in Japan
- have content in Japanese
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Entertainment category.
Most of the sites using Niconico are from Japan.
- Japan 90.7%
- Vietnam 3.3%
- United States 2.3%
- Netherlands 0.8%
- Canada 0.5%
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.5%
- Germany 0.3%
- Hong Kong 0.3%
- India 0.3%
- Other 1%
Most Niconico users speak Japanese, English, or Vietnamese.
- Japanese 85.2%
- English 9.3%
- Vietnamese 4.1%
- Chinese 0.7%
- Italian 0.2%
- Dutch 0.2%
- Thai 0.2%
- Other 0.1%
The Niconico video platform is especially popular on .com, .jp, and .net top-level domains.
- .com 38%
- .jp 26.6%
- .net 13.5%
- .co.jp 7.8%
- .org 4.3%
- .wiki 2.1%
- .info 1.4%
- .tv 1.2%
- .me 0.5%
- Other 4.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Niconico include entertainment, games, and blogs and wiki.
- Entertainment 37.3%
- Games 16%
- Blogs/Wiki 6.7%
- Recreation/Hobbies 5.3%
- Streaming Media 4%
- General News 2.7%
- Sports 2.7%
- Software/Hardware 2.7%
- Pornography 2.7%
- Other 19.9%
🕵️ Similar Technologies
These are some of the best Niconico alternatives.
YouTube
Vimeo
Wistia
Twitch🆚 Compare Alternatives
Compare Niconico to…
- 🕵️ Similar platforms
- ⭐ Market leaders
- 💡 More alternatives
- 🔎 All options
TikTok
Vidyard
Brightcove
JWX💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Niconico's headquarters?
Niconico is located in Tokyo, Japan.
Does Niconico offer a free plan?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much is Niconico per month?
The pricing for Niconico starts at 790 JPY per month.
Which country uses Niconico the most?
The majority of Niconico users are from Japan.
Who uses Niconico?
According to our data, Niconico is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as kakuyomu.jp,
booth.pm, and
nifty.com.
How does Niconico stack up against the competition?
Niconico is a moderately popular video platform, ranking ahead of 14 other video platforms we track.
🗃️ 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.