myanimelist.net
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
- –
- Closest alternative
- kitsu.app
Measured from MyAnimeList’s own pages, the Internet Archive and public records. Hover a dotted value for its source and date.
Visit MyAnimeList01 · 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
Tag manager
Loads further tracking scripts, which we can’t always see.
Third-party embeds
Videos, maps or fonts from other companies, which receive the visitor’s IP address.
03 · Alternatives
Alternatives to MyAnimeList
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to MyAnimeList, thumbs down if it isn’t.
20 of the 60 sites closest to MyAnimeList match.
- 01
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!
Very close - 02
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!
Very close - 03
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.
Very close - 04
Anime News Network
English/French website about anime, manga, and Japanese culture
Very close - 05
MangaDex
Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!
Very close - 06
Browse :: Nyaa
A BitTorrent community focused on Eastern Asian media including anime, manga, music, and more
Very close - 07
FC2 - Free Website, Analyzer, Blog, Rental Server, SEO Countermeasures, etc. -
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.
Very close - 08
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！
Very close - 09
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
Very close - 10
Wallpaper Cave
Wallpaper community sharing hundreds of cool wallpapers daily! Free downloads - More than 7 million wallpapers!
Very close - 11
Answers - The Most Trusted Place for Answering Life's Questions
Answers is the place to go to get the answers you need and to ask the questions you want
Very close - 12
Zoosk | Dating Site, Free to Start | Ambitious, Educated Singles
Zoosk is a modern dating site that connects ambitious, like-minded singles seeking real relationships. Join today for free to start meeting accomplished partners who match your drive.
Very close - 13
DeviantArt - The Largest Online Art Gallery and Community
DeviantArt is where art and community thrive. Explore over 650 million pieces of art while connecting to fellow artists and art enthusiasts.
Very close - 14
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
Close - 15
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.
Close - 16
Dailymotion
video streaming site
Close - 17
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!
Very close - 18
Find Real Business Reviews & Ratings | SmartCustomer
SmartCustomer - your source for ratings and reviews. Find the truth about 130K+ businesses with real insights from 200M+ customers.
Close - 19
Read free manga, comics and stories online - MangaToon
MangaToon is an online platform where you can read manga, comics, manhwa, manhua, and Anime for free. It offers a wide variety of genres, including romance, action, fantasy, horror, mystery, BL (Boys' Love), doomsday, and cultivation manga and stories. Users can access MangaToon through their website or mobile app.
Very close - 20
WEBTOON - Read Comics, Manga & Manhwa
WEBTOON is home to thousands of stories across 23 genres including romance, comedy, action, fantasy, and horror. Read comics, webcomics, manga, and manhwa online or download the WEBTOON app.
Very close
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
What changed
Price and policy 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 = 60
- Sites searched
- 9,214
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 34 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.
similarity × popularity
Built with
- Fonts
- Google Fonts asset https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto:400,700&display=swap
- Tag managers
- Google Tag Manager page source: googletagmanager.com/ns.html?id=GTM-
- Live chat & support
- Zendesk TXT v=spf1 +a:smtp1.myanimelist.net +a:smtp2.myanimelist.net include:mail…
- Security
- reCAPTCHA page source: google.com/recaptcha/api.js
- Video
- YouTube embeds page source: youtube-nocookie.com/embed/
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 +a:smtp1.myanimelist.net +a:smtp2.myanimelist.net include:mail…
- DNS hosting
- Akamai Edge DNS NS a3-64.akam.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=JthYOOYykJQvEGsbFO8W4SmNmeqP1UPRVqBju2a…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=lfaNU5RPhI7t0ZETvrR-rfL48r0W-bXv9SQHTOLd4GY
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=wgjc97kugs1ga56gkwt61le6qmphi3
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 19/20
- Google Workspace · not on myanimelist.net 12/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on myanimelist.net 9/20
- Cloudflare · not on myanimelist.net 8/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on myanimelist.net 6/20
- Google Analytics · not on myanimelist.net 5/20
- React · not on myanimelist.net 4/20
- Amazon SES 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on myanimelist.net 4/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on myanimelist.net 4/20
- Next.js · not on myanimelist.net 3/20
- jQuery · not on myanimelist.net 3/20
- Zendesk 3/20
- Google Tag Manager 3/20
- Meta Business Suite 2/20
- Cloudflare Web Analytics · not on myanimelist.net 2/20