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MangaUpdates

Who runs MangaUpdates, what it tracks and what it costs, and the 20 closest manga database alternatives.

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
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Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
MyAnimeList

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs MangaUpdates

MangaUpdates mangaupdates.com

Manga is basically the Japanese equivalent of what you might know as comic books. They have a very unique style which has developed over many years. We hope here you can learn to appreciate the art that is manga and become an avid manga fan!

Wikidata: manga scanlation tracker site

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

02 · Privacy

What MangaUpdates 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

8 of the 14 alternatives below have fewer, 1 have more.

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Cookie banner
None found
US company
1 tool

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to MangaUpdates

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

Fewer trackers than MangaUpdatesNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01
    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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  2. 02
    AniList anilist.co English No trackers

    AniList: Track, Discover, Share Anime & Manga

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    anime and manga database

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    Comick comick.io English No trackers

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    Comick.io is now Comick.dev: your manga and anime tracker, database, and community. Discover our next chapter.

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    shikimori.one Russian 1 tracker

    Шикимори — энциклопедия аниме и манги

    Шикимори — онлайн энциклопедия аниме и манги. База с фильтрами и оценками, списки просмотренного, онгоинги, новости аниме, рекомендации и обсуждения.

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    MangaDex mangadex.org Top 10K English No trackers

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    Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!

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    Flame Comics flamecomics.xyz English No trackers

    Flame Comics - Read Manga, Manhwa & Manhua Free

    We are a scanlation group, that dedicates itself to creating quality English translations for Mangas, Manhwas, and Manhuas!

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    website on heavy metal bands

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    Asura Scans asurascans.com Top 10K English No trackers

    Asura Scans - Read Manga, Manhwa & Manhua Online

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    Wowhead wowhead.com Top 10K English 1 tracker

    World of Warcraft News and Guides

    The largest World of Warcraft (WoW) information site, featuring guides, news, and information on classes, gearing, professions, raids, transmog, and more.

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    online library of manuals

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    Sushiscan sushiscan.net French No trackers

    Sushiscan - Bibliothèque de scans, festin de lectures

    Accédez à une immense bibliothèque de mangas, manhuas, manhwas, comics et BD en ligne. Lisez en illimité sur Sushiscan, votre plateforme de lecture numérique !

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    PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English No trackers

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    Anime News Network animenewsnetwork.com English 1 tracker

    Anime News Network

    English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture

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    MangaFire mangafire.to English No trackers

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    Free read manga online in high quality. Update hourly, No ads, No registration required. Just enjoy your manga ;)

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    TheTVDB thetvdb.com English 2 trackers

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04 · History

No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what MangaUpdates 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 · 7 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,192
Vector
384-d
Query
25 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to MangaUpdates’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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