Sites like FC2

01 · Entity

About FC2

FC2 fc2.com

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.

Wikidata: Japanese blogging host

Top 10K · #1,492 English 6 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

FC2 is a Japanese web portal offering free blog hosting, website hosting, video sharing, live streaming and video chat, digital content sales with points, access analytics and other web tools, with paid premium tiers.

Who it’s for

Japanese internet users and bloggers

Business model

Advertising, premium memberships and content sales

• blog and video hosting
• free blog hosting
• video sharing
• live streaming
• video chat
• access analyzer
• website hosting
• digital content marketplace
• rental server

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to FC2’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). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   G2 g2.com Top 10K English

   g2.com

   American B2B software and services review platform and marketplace

   • Apple Business
   • Google Search Console
   • Adobe
   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS

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2. 02
   nicovideo.jp Top 10K English

   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！

   • Google Search Console
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Amazon SES
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • GlobalSign

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3. 03
   Hosting a2hosting.com Top 10K English

   Web Hosting Built to Grow With You | hosting.com

   Web hosting that takes you from idea to website to a lasting business. Fast and secure, with free migration, real experts 24/7 and a 99.9% uptime SLA.

   • Google Search Console
   • Atlassian
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Google Workspace
   • Nuxt

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4. 04
   MyAnimeList myanimelist.net Top 10K English

   MyAnimeList.net - Anime and Manga Database and Community

   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!

   • Google Search Console
   • Akamai Edge DNS
   • Amazon SES
   • Atlassian
   • Google Fonts
   • Google Tag Manager

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5. 05
   YouTube youtube.com Top 100 English

   YouTube

   Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Fonts
   • Google Workspace
   • Meta Business Suite

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6. 06
   flic.kr Top 10K English

   Flickr | The best place to be a photographer online.

   The nicest place on the internet is here for you: inspiration, community, creativity, art, passion, and a heaping scoop of weirdness await you. Join for free.

   • Google Analytics
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Google Fonts
   • Google Tag Manager
   • TrustArc

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7. 07
   Alphapolis alphapolis.co.jp Top 10K English

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

   • Amazon Route 53
   • Amazon CloudFront
   • Google Workspace

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8. 08
   WeTransfer wetransfer.com Top 10K English

   WeTransfer | Skicka stora filer snabbt

   Det enkla, snabba och säkra sättet att skicka filer till hela världen utan ett konto. Dela filer, foton och videor idag helt gratis.

   • Apple Business
   • Google Search Console
   • Amazon Route 53
   • Adobe
   • Amazon Publisher Services
   • Atlassian

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9. 09
   CroxyProxy croxyproxy.com Top 10K English

   Free web proxy and a cutting-edge online proxy | CroxyProxy

   CroxyProxy is a cutting-edge secure web proxy service. Use it to access your favorite websites and web applications: as a Facebook or YouTube proxy. It is free, you can try this online proxy right now!

   • Google Analytics
   • cdnjs
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • Font Awesome
   • Google AdSense

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10. 10
    Flipboard flipboard.com Top 10K English

    Flipboard: Your Social Magazine

    One place for all the stories you care about. Join the Flipboard community to discover and share what inspires you.

    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Atlassian
    • Amazon CloudFront
    • Comscore

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11. 11
    Half-Life TV hltv.org Top 10K English

    software for the broadcasting of gaming matches on the Half-Life engine

    • Google Search Console
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • DocuSign
    • Google Workspace
    • Mailgun

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12. 12
    GameBanana gamebanana.com Top 10K English

    GameBanana | The Game Modding Community - Since 2001

    Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games

    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • jQuery
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • GlobalSign

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13. 13
    5ch.io Top 10K English

    Japanese online bulletin board system

    • Google Search Console
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS

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14. 14
    Wikidot wikidot.com Top 10K English

    Wikidot - Free and Pro Wiki Hosting

    Polish wiki hosting corporation

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Bootstrap
    • Font Awesome
    • Google Workspace
    • SendGrid

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15. 15
    Habr habr.com Top 10K English

    Publications / My feed / Habr

    collaborative blog

    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Ad Manager
    • Google Fonts
    • Matomo
    • unpkg

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16. 16
    BiliBili bilibili.tv Top 10K English

    BiliBili

    BiliBili, Southeast Asia\'s leading anime, comics, and games (ACG) community where people can create, watch and share engaging videos.

    • Google Search Console
    • GlobalSign
    • Google Ad Manager
    • Google Cloud DNS
    • Google Tag Manager
    • Microsoft 365

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17. 17
    GameRant gamerant.com Top 10K English

    GameRant - Breaking News, Reviews & Everything Else in the World of Video Games

    GameRant delivers content written by gamers for gamers with an emphasis on news, reviews, unique features, and interviews.

    • Google Analytics
    • Google Search Console
    • nginx
    • Amazon SES
    • Google Workspace
    • jsDelivr

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18. 18
    Yahoo yahoo.com Top 100 English

    Yahoo | Mail, Weather, Search, Politics, News, Finance, Sports & Videos

    Latest news coverage, email, free stock quotes, live scores and video are just the beginning. Discover more every day at Yahoo!

    • Google Search Console
    • GlobalSign
    • Meta Business Suite
    • Next.js
    • React
    • Taboola

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19. 19
    Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    free and open-source web content management system

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon SES
    • Atlassian
    • Fastly
    • GlobalSign
    • Mailchimp

    0 say Drupal is a good alternative to FC2 0 say Drupal isn’t a real alternative to FC2

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20. 20
    SlideShare slideshare.net Top 1K English

    Client Challenge

    American hosting service, owned by Scribd, for professional content including presentations, infographics, documents, and videos

    • Google Search Console
    • Amazon Route 53
    • Fastly
    • Google Workspace

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to fc2.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones FC2 uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What FC2 is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.