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.
- 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
Asian film and drama database
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MangaDex
Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!
Very close - 07
Japanese online artist community
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Browse :: Nyaa
A BitTorrent community focused on Eastern Asian media including anime, manga, music, and more
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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.
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Korean language website in Paraguay
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online database of board games, game designers and game publishers worldwide
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wiki hosting service and domain
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GIPHY - Be Animated
GIPHY is the platform that animates your world. Find the GIFs, Clips, and Stickers that make your conversations more positive, more expressive, and more you.
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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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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 - 16
SongMeanings | Song Lyrics, Meanings & Discussion
SongMeanings is a community of thousands of music lovers who contribute song lyrics, discuss song meanings and interpretations, and connect over songs and artists they love!
Very close - 17
Instagram
Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.
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Flipboard: Your Social Magazine
One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.
Very close - 19
Wallpaper Cave
Wallpaper community sharing hundreds of cool wallpapers daily! Free downloads - More than 7 million wallpapers!
Very close - 20
Publications / My feed / Habr
collaborative blog
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 = 20
- Sites searched
- 9,197
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 32 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