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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
–
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

12 of the 60 sites closest to MyAnimeList match.

  1. 01
    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 →
  2. 02
    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.

    Compare Comick with MyAnimeList →
  3. 03
    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!

    Compare MangaDex with MyAnimeList →
  4. 04
    Nyaa nyaa.si English No trackers

    Browse :: Nyaa

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

    Compare Nyaa with MyAnimeList →
  5. 05
    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.

    Compare Goodreads with MyAnimeList →
  6. 06
    Kakuyomu kakuyomu.jp Top 10K Japanese No trackers

    無料で小説を書ける、読める、伝えられる - カクヨム

    様々なWeb小説を無料で「書ける、読める、伝えられる」、KADOKAWA × はてな によるWeb小説サイトです。ジャンルはファンタジー、SF、恋愛、ホラー、ミステリーなどがあり、二次創作作品も楽し…

    Compare Kakuyomu with MyAnimeList →
  7. 07
    Something Awful somethingawful.com No trackers

    The Something Awful Forums

    comedy website founded by Richard Kyanka

    Compare Something Awful with MyAnimeList →
  8. 08
    Instagram instagram.com Top 100 English No trackers

    Instagram

    Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

    Compare Instagram with MyAnimeList →
  9. 09
    DTF dtf.ru Russian No trackers

    DTF — игры, кино, сериалы, разработка, сообщество

    Площадка для обсуждения игр и кино. Новости игровой индустрии, обзоры, аналитика, мемы. Создавайте свои записи, комментируйте чужие, оценивайте контент, который вам нравится.

    Compare DTF with MyAnimeList →
  10. 10
    Wallpaper Cave wallpapercave.com English No trackers

    Wallpaper Cave

    Wallpaper community sharing hundreds of cool wallpapers daily! Free downloads - More than 7 million wallpapers!

    Compare Wallpaper Cave with MyAnimeList →
  11. 11
    Weasyl weasyl.com No trackers

    Home — Weasyl

    online art gallery

    Compare Weasyl with MyAnimeList →
  12. 12
    Quotev quotev.com No trackers

    Quotev

    Read or write a story, book, quiz, survey, or poll. Follow others who share your interests

    Compare Quotev with MyAnimeList →

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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 = 60
Sites searched
9,217
Vector
384-d
Query
57 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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