Social illustration network Pixiv now has 1.5 million members, racks up 1 billion PVs monthly
Japanese “social illustration site” Pixiv continues to amaze. The site, which lets users present self-made drawings to other users and offers a number of basic social networking functionalities, now counts a whopping 1.5 million members [JP]. Not bad for a completely domestic site that’s only available in Japanese (although some foreigners exhibit their works on it as well).
Here’s how a typical page looks like:
Let’s crunch some numbers: The service was established in September 2007. Pixiv’s user base stood at 100,000 in March 2008. In June 2009, the site had 1 million members, meaning it added half a million people in about six months. It took 838 days to go from zero to 1.5 million members.
More impressive stats:
Pixiv now racks up 1 billion page views per month (up from 720 million monthly half a year ago). Members post 18,000 drawings per day.
There are more social drawing services in Japan, but no other site can stack up to Pixiv in popularity.
The eponymous, Tokyo-based company has 20 employees. If you want to know more, Wikipedia offers a great English entry on Pixiv.
Author Information Dr. Serkan Toto is a German based in Tokyo. Like us, he is passionate about introducing Japanese IT to the rest of the world.
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