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MyAnimeList

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

Who’s behind it
Not stated
Online since
Unknown
Trackers
Prices
No pricing page
Last price change
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Closest alternative
kitsu.app

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01 · Who’s behind it

Who runs MyAnimeList

MyAnimeList myanimelist.net

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!

Wikidata: English-language anime and manga database website

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

02 · Privacy

What MyAnimeList 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

5 of the 12 alternatives below have fewer, 2 have more.

Privacy-friendly alternatives →
Cookie banner
None found
US company
3 tools

03 · Alternatives

Alternatives to MyAnimeList

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

Fewer trackers than MyAnimeListNo ad trackersRegistered in the EUFree planOnly in English
  1. 01

    Anime and manga database

    Compare kitsu.app with MyAnimeList →
  2. 02
    Anime-Planet anime-planet.com

    anime and manga database

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  3. 03
    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!

    Compare AniList with MyAnimeList →
  4. 04
    MangaUpdates mangaupdates.com English 1 tracker

    MangaUpdates

    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!

    Compare MangaUpdates with MyAnimeList →
  5. 05
    Comick comick.io English No trackers

    Comick has a new home — comick.dev

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

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  6. 06
    Anime News Network animenewsnetwork.com English 1 tracker

    Anime News Network

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

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  7. 07
    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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  8. 08
    MyDramaList mydramalist.com Top 10K English

    Asian film and drama database

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  9. 09
    MangaDex mangadex.org Top 10K English No trackers

    MangaDex

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

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  10. 10
    Pixiv pixiv.net Top 10K English

    Japanese online artist community

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  11. 11
    SensCritique senscritique.com French 1 tracker

    Avis de musiques, films, jeux vidéo, BD, livres et séries TV à découvrir sur SensCritique

    Donnez votre avis sur la culture et découvrez les avis de vos amis. Votre collection en ligne accessible à tout moment sur Senscritique.

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  12. 12
    note note.com Top 1K Japanese 1 tracker

    note ――つくる、つながる、とどける。

    クリエイターが文章やマンガ、写真、音声を投稿することができ、ユーザーはそのコンテンツを楽しんで応援できるメディアプラットフォームです。だれもが創作を楽しんで続けられるよう、安心できる雰囲気や、多様性を大切にしています。

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  13. 13
    mamastar.jp Top 10K Japanese 4 trackers

    ママスタ | ママのための情報プラットフォーム

    ママスタは、ママの今に最適な情報を発信し、必要なコミュニケーションの場を提供する「ママのための情報プラットフォーム」です。子育て・生活関連ニュース、コミュニティなど、様々なサービスを通じてママにとって役立つ情報を提供しています。

    Compare mamastar.jp with MyAnimeList →
  14. 14
    Nyaa nyaa.si English No trackers

    Browse :: Nyaa

    A BitTorrent community focused on Eastern Asian media including anime, manga, music, and more

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  15. 15
    Alphapolis alphapolis.co.jp Top 10K

    portal site where you can enjoy novels, manga, games, book information, etc. for free

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  16. 16
    Ameba ameba.jp Top 10K

    Japanese blogging and social networking website

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  17. 17
    Goodreads goodreads.com Top 1K No trackers

    Goodreads | Meet your next favorite book

    Find and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.

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  18. 18
    Rate Your Music rateyourmusic.com

    social music and film cataloging, rating and reviewing website

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  19. 19
    estar.jp Japanese 4 trackers

    【エブリスタ】おすすめの携帯・web小説が無料で読める/小説投稿サイト

    【エブリスタ】は、おすすめ/人気の恋愛小説・ファンタジー小説・BL小説などを無料で読める小説投稿サイトです。大人の恋・学園・オフィスラブなど、細かなジャンルまで検索できます。エブリスタから誕生した作品も多数!誰にでも小説家デビューのチャンスがあります!

    Compare estar.jp with MyAnimeList →
  20. 20
    Reddit reddit.com Top 1K

    American social news aggregation website and discussion portal

    Compare Reddit with MyAnimeList →

Closest first, by how much each site’s offer resembles MyAnimeList’s. Trackers are counted the same way as above. Highlighted technologies are ones MyAnimeList 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 MyAnimeList 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 · 10 technologies
Neighbours
k = 20
Sites searched
9,193
Vector
384-d
Query
28 ms

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to MyAnimeList’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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