Anime Trending

What Anime Trending does

Anime Trending is a privately held, community-driven anime content platform founded in 2013 and operating primarily through the website anitrendz.com (also referenced as anitrendz.net for news). The company's core product is a suite of weekly fan-voting charts that track anime titles, male and female characters, romantic couple/ship pairings, and anime music across every standard TV programming season (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall). These charts are differentiated from competitors by being updated weekly throughout a season rather than only at season boundaries, and they culminate in Seasonal Anime Awards and an Annual Anime Trending Awards ceremony. The platform also publishes anime news, interviews, and trailers, and has expanded into original web content with two branded properties: "TASOKARE HOTEL," an anime-style series about a twilight hotel where souls choose between the afterlife and the living world, and "Moving Manga," a manga-style series about an adventurer-turned-chef. The site is free to access with no paid subscription tiers, and the only disclosed revenue vector is merchandise sold through a dedicated e-commerce storefront at shop.anitrendz.com. The platform reaches a global audience organically through its website and five social channels (Facebook, Twitter/X, Instagram, YouTube, Discord) and does not use paid marketing.

The company is led by Co-Owner and Editor-in-Chief Kwok-Wai Hanson, who joined as a Content Creator in Spring 2014 and rose to leadership, alongside COO Nico Monterroso. The team comprises roughly ten named contributors in editorial, content creation, and community moderation roles, with no disclosed external funding, venture capital, or institutional investors. The organization operates without a formally disclosed corporate structure and appears to be founder-operated. Anime Trending's secondary value proposition targets anime industry professionals, including studios, licensors, and distributors, who use its chart data as a soft indicator of international fan reception, though this is positioned as a community benefit rather than a paid B2B product. No proprietary technology, AI/ML capabilities, APIs, or patents are disclosed, and the platform appears to rely on standard third-party web infrastructure (notably Next.js and Supabase, inferred from asset URLs).

Name

Anime Trending

Legal name

Anime Trending

Website

https://anitrendz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Anime Trending is a community-driven anime content platform founded in 2013 that runs weekly fan-voting charts, character/ship polls, seasonal awards, and original web series, serving a global anime fan audience and supported by merchandise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anime Community & Content Platform

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Anime & Niche Genre Streaming Platforms (Horror/Faith/Indie/etc.) (MPACAAAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Animated Series Production (TV/Streaming) (MPADACAG)

Keywords

• Anime community platform
• Fan voting rankings
• Weekly anime charts
• Character popularity polls
• Anime news coverage

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Anime Trending operates a community-driven platform that publishes weekly fan-voted rankings of seasonal anime, characters, couple/ship pairings, and anime music throughout each TV programming season (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall). It also runs seasonal and annual awards ceremonies, publishes anime news and interviews, produces original web content series, and sells anime merchandise through its own online shop. All charts and polls are free to access and built entirely off votes from registered community members.

Product overview

Anime Trending is a fan-voting based anime content platform that operates as a single unified website providing weekly charts and community engagement for anime fans. The core offerings include: Anime Charts (weekly Top Anime rankings based on community votes), Character Charts (Male and Female character popularity rankings), Couple/Ship Charts (romantic pairing rankings), and Anime Music Charts (theme song rankings). The platform hosts Seasonal Anime Polls and Seasonal Anime Awards at the end of each TV programming season (Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall), as well as an Annual Anime Trending Awards. Supporting features include anime news coverage, original web content series (Tasogare Hotel and Moving Manga), and an e-commerce shop. Charts are updated weekly throughout each season, built entirely off fan votes from registered community members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TASOKARE HOTEL: An anime series/web content about a girl named Neko Tsukahara who arrives at a twilight hotel where souls decide between passing on or returning to the living world.
• Moving Manga

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• AniDB: A long-established anime database with detailed metadata, tagging, and community features. Serves the same dedicated anime-fan audience as Anime Trending, focused on data-rich tracking rather than casual streaming.
• Anime-Planet: An anime discovery, recommendation, and community platform with user reviews and lists. Competes with Anime Trending for the same core audience of seasonal-anime-tracking enthusiasts.
• Anime News Network: A long-running anime industry news outlet with reviews, encyclopedia entries, and community forums. Comparable to Anime Trending's news coverage function and shared audience of dedicated English-speaking anime fans.
• AniList: A modern anime and manga tracking platform with social features, statistics, and activity feeds. Comparable to Anime Trending in serving engaged fans who want structured data and community interaction around seasonal anime.
• MyAnimeList: The largest anime community and tracking platform globally. MyAnimeList offers anime lists, ratings, reviews, and seasonal rankings — the most direct competitive overlap with Anime Trending's charting and community function.
• Kitsu: An open-source anime and manga tracking platform with social discovery features. Directly comparable to Anime Trending as a community-driven anime engagement platform with voting and discovery mechanics.

Broad incumbents

• Crunchyroll: The dominant global anime streaming platform, which also runs the Crunchyroll Anime Awards and extensive editorial/news coverage. Overlaps with Anime Trending's community, awards, and news categories but as a much broader media business.

Others

• Letterboxd: A community-driven film tracking and rating platform with social lists and reviews. Conceptually comparable to Anime Trending as a fan-voting and community-ratings platform, but in the film vertical rather than anime.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/anitrendz
• YouTubeyoutube.com/anitrendz
• Facebookfacebook.com/anitrendz
• Instagraminstagram.com/anitrendz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/anime-trending

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Anime Trending