Alternatives and competitors
Sites like syosetu.org
The 20 closest web novel publishing alternatives to syosetu.org, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 4 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to syosetu.org? The closest matches are Kakuyomu, Alphapolis and MyAnimeList. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
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01 · Entity
About syosetu.org
syosetu.org
Wikidata: Japanese story self-publishing website
Summary by Claude
Hameln is a Japanese website where users publish and read amateur web novels, with a strong focus on fan fiction (niji sousaku) and original stories.
- Who it’s for
- Japanese web novel and fan fiction readers and writers
- Business model
- Advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to syosetu.org’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.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to syosetu.org
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to syosetu.org, thumbs down if it isn’t.
We can’t read syosetu.org’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.
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portal site where you can enjoy novels, manga, games, book information, etc. for free
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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!
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Japanese online artist community
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MangaDex
Read comics and manga online at MangaDex, with high quality images and support creators and translators!
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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.
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Asura Scans - Read Manga, Manhwa & Manhua Online
Read manga and manhwa online for free
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Wattpad - Stories to obsess over
Wattpad connects a global community of millions of readers and writers through the power of story
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Request temporarily denied. | Archive of Our Own
nonprofit online fanfiction repository operated by the Organization for Transformative Works
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Paraguay-based Korean wiki website
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Toomics - Read unlimited VIP comics online
Read new comics with TOOMICS! Read the latest Japanese and South Korean comics instantly! Read action, horror, romance, school life stories! Read our vast selection with one click! If you like animations, comics, or cartoons, don’t miss out!
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New Movie News, Movie Trailers & Upcoming Movie Reviews | Collider
Stay up to date with new movie news, watch the latest movie trailers & get trusted reviews of upcoming movies & more from the team at Collider.
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online wiki listing and analyzing conventions (tropes) found in fictional works
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Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
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Comix - Read Comics online for free
Comix is the best site for reading manga, manhwa, manhua online for free. Updated daily with the latest chapters.
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Index -- Fur Affinity [dot] net
Fur Affinity | For all things fluff, scaled, and feathered!
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MovieWeb - Movie News, Trailers, Reviews, and Exclusives.
The latest movie news, trailers, reviews, and more.
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CBR - The World's Top Destination For Comic, Movie & TV news
Covering comics, movies, TV like no other in the world. CBR.com is all you need!
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rnd.de
German news organization
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online publishing platform
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Nexon Home
2014 video game
- Amazon SES
- Google Search Console
- Akamai Edge DNS
- Amazon Web Services
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Tag Manager
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to syosetu.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones syosetu.org uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What syosetu.org is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- CDN
- Cloudflare header cf-ray: a56303a49f691f5f-HAM
- Email delivery
- Amazon SES TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.mx.cloudflare.net include:amazonses.com ~all
- DNS hosting
- Cloudflare DNS NS adele.ns.cloudflare.com
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=hHsrVJi4Fo_lGsxCNVj4mJczTi5b0i80zVXOG6fsGhA
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what syosetu.org adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 17/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on syosetu.org 10/20
- Google Workspace · not on syosetu.org 8/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on syosetu.org 8/20
- Amazon CloudFront · not on syosetu.org 6/20
- nginx · not on syosetu.org 5/20
- Amazon SES 5/20
- Zendesk · not on syosetu.org 5/20
- React · not on syosetu.org 4/20
- Meta Business Suite · not on syosetu.org 4/20
- GlobalSign · not on syosetu.org 4/20
- Cloudflare 4/20
- jQuery · not on syosetu.org 4/20
- Next.js · not on syosetu.org 3/20
- SendGrid · not on syosetu.org 3/20
- Google Fonts · not on syosetu.org 3/20