fc2.com

FC2

Who runs FC2, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest blog and video hosting alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs FC2

FC2 fc2.com

FC2 is a portal site which brings you a pleasant web life providing blog/website/analyzer services and others. Our blog service is ranked No.2 domestically and supported by wide range of users including both beginners and heavy users. We offer as many as 30 different services.

Wikidata: Japanese blogging host

Company
No imprint we could read
Online since
Not in the Internet Archive
Audience
In English

02 · Privacy

What FC2 tracks

What the homepage loads before you accept or decline cookies. A cookie banner should hold most of it back until you agree, and a tag manager can load more that we don’t see.

tracker that follows visitors

6 of the 16 alternatives below have fewer, 3 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to FC2

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to FC2, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Fewer trackers than FC2No ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    nicovideo.jp Top 10K English 2 trackers

    ニコニコ

    日本最大級の動画サービス、ニコニコ(niconico)。動画にコメントを付けて楽しむニコニコ動画や、生放送番組にリアルタイムでコメントを付けられるニコニコ生放送のほか、イラスト・マンガ・最新ニュース・ゲームなど、エンターテイメントを全て無料で楽しめる!

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  2. 02
    Rumble rumble.com Top 10K English

    online video sharing, live streaming, and cloud services platform

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  3. 03
    YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English No trackers

    YouTube

    Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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    Dailymotion dailymotion.com Top 1K English No trackers

    Dailymotion

    video streaming site

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    Imgur imgur.com Top 1K English 3 trackers

    Imgur: The magic of the Internet

    Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of the Internet at Imgur.

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    fandom.com Top 1K English

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    Tumblr tumblr.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    Tumblr

    Tumblr is the place you go to be yourself on the internet. No performance, no perfection. Just you, and the people who get it.

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    Tabelog tabelog.com Top 10K English 4 trackers

    Tabelog - Japan Food & Restaurant Guide for Travelers

    Find and book your perfect restaurant with "Tabelog"! Explore 906,827 restaurants across Japan. Discover top-rated spots in various categories based on unique rankings, user reviews, and photos that fit your purpose and budget!

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  9. 09
    Pixiv pixiv.net Top 10K English

    Japanese online artist community

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  10. 10
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

    Track, discover, and share anime and manga with AniList. Discover top-rated and popular shows through reviews and recommendations. Sign up for free!

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    KICK kick.com Top 1K English 1 tracker

    KICK

    KICK is a streaming platform that makes it easy for you to find and watch your favorite content.

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    wiki.gg Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Welcome to wiki.gg!

    wiki.gg hosts MediaWiki sites about common-interest topics. With over 800 wikis and an indie, editors-first mindset, we're a great place to host your wiki and we'd love to have you!

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    MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English 1 tracker

    MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

    Welcome to MyAnimeList, the world's most active online anime and manga community and database. Join the online community, create your anime and manga list, read reviews, explore the forums, follow news, and so much more!

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    Bigo Live bigo.tv English 1 tracker

    BIGO LIVE - Live Stream, Live Games, Chat Rooms Online

    BIGO LIVE is a free live streaming platform that allows you to go live, watch live streams, live games, live shows, and video chat online.

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    Guilded guilded.gg English No trackers

    Guilded - Chat for Gaming Communities

    Guilded upgrades your group chat and equips your server with integrated event calendars, forums, and more – 100% free.

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    5ch.io Top 10K English

    Japanese online bulletin board system

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    Cookpad cookpad.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Choose your Region - Cookpad

    Thousands of authentic recipes from around the world, recommended and tested by home cooks. Save your favourites and share your own on Cookpad.

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  18. 18
    Altervista altervista.org Top 10K English 1 tracker

    Create a blog or website for free and make money online - Altervista

    Do you want to create a website for free? Find out how to do it on Altervista: open a blog or a website quickly and easily and start making money online. Altervista is free of charge forever

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    Streamable streamable.com Top 10K English 3 trackers

    Upload Video Online - Free Video Hosting - Streamable

    Upload your video in seconds on Streamable. We accept a variety of video formats including MP4, MOV, AVI, and more. It's free, try it now!

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    Wikidot wikidot.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting

    Polish wiki hosting corporation

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Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles FC2’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones FC2 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the order.

04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what FC2 adds, drops or rewrites shows up here.

05 · Details

How we measure

Alternatives are matched by what sites actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Trackers and the rest of the stack come from the homepage’s code and DNS records.

The full technology stack, the competitor map and search numbers · 6 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
23 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to FC2’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

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