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Niconico

Japanese video sharing service enabling user uploads, live broadcasts, and creative content with interactive real-time comment overlays, vibrant community interaction, mobile app support, premium features, and broad categories like music, anime, and gaming.

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Cost / License

  • Freemium (Subscription)
  • Proprietary

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Platforms

  • Online
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Features

  1.  No registration required
  2.  Video Hosting
  3.  Share Videos

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Niconico information

  • Developed by

    JP flagDWANGO Co., Ltd.

  • Licensing

    Proprietary and Freemium product.

  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs $5 per month + free version with limited functionality.

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  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Japanese

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Niconico was added to AlternativeTo by realnabarl on and this page was last updated . Niconico is sometimes referred to as Nico Nico, Nico Nico Douga. 

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What is Niconico?

Niconico (or Nico Nico Douga) is a popular video sharing website in Japan managed by Niwango, a subsidiary of Dwango. Its nickname is "Niconico" or "Nico-do", where "nikoniko" is the Japanese ideophone for smiling. As of April 18, 2012, Nico Nico Douga is the fourteenth most visited website in Japan. The site won the Japanese Good Design Award in 2007, and an Honorary Mention of the Digital Communities category at Prix Ars Electronica 2008.