Niconico

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Niconico, Inc.

Type of site	Video hosting service
Available in	Japanese
Area served	Worldwide
Owner	Dwango (Kadokawa Corporation)
Created by	Niwango
URL	www.nicovideo.jp
Commercial	Yes
Registration	Optional
Launched	December 12, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-12-12)
Current status	Active (under maintenance, running in a limited capacity after a server cyberattack since June 8, 2024)[1]

Niconico, Inc. (Japanese: ニコニコ, Hepburn: Nikoniko), known before 2012 as Nico Nico Douga (ニコニコ動画, Niko Niko Dōga), is a Japanese video sharing service based in Tokyo, Japan. "Niconico" or "nikoniko" is the Japanese ideophone for smiling.^[2] As of 2021, Niconico is the 34th most-visited website in Japan, according to Alexa Internet.^[3]

The site won the Japanese Good Design Award in 2007,^[4] and an Honorary Mention of the Digital Communities category at Prix Ars Electronica 2008.^[5]