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Mixi (stylized as mixi) is an online Japanese social networking service. It opened in 1999 and is owned by . As of September 2012, Mixi had about 14 million monthly active users, with about 8.6 million of those on smartphones. Mixi, Inc. was founded by Kenji Kasahara in 1999 as a limited liability company and became a Japanese corporation in 2000. The company changed its name to Mixi, Inc. from E-Mercury, Inc. in February 2006 to align its name with the social networking service, and was updated to MIXI, Inc. in 2022. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Key facts

Website.name
Mixi
Website.logo
Mixi text logo.svg
Website.foundation
1999
Website.location
Shibuya, Tokyo
Website.founder
Kenji Kasahara, Batara Eto
Website.key_people
Kenji Kasahara (founder, president, executive director)
Website.website_type
Social networking service
Website.advertising
Banner ads
Website.registration
Optional, restrictive
Website.language
Japanese
Website.launch_date
February 2004
Website.current_status
Active

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Official website

ソーシャル・ネットワーキング サービス [mixi(ミクシィ)]

mixi(ミクシィ)は、日記、写真共有、ゲームや便利ツール満載のアプリなど、さまざまなサービスで友人・知人とのコミュニケーションをさらに便利に楽しくする、日本最大規模のソーシャル・ネットワーキングサービスです。

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
web browser
Country
Japan
Official website
mixi.jp
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Alexa rank
2185
inception
1999-00-00
social media followers
24651
language of work or name
Japanese
publication date
2004-00-00
title
mixi
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Overview
  • History
  • Terms of use
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Mixi (stylized as mixi) is an online Japanese social networking service. It opened in 1999 and is owned by . As of September 2012, Mixi had about 14 million monthly active users, with about 8.6 million of those on smartphones. Mixi, Inc. was founded by Kenji Kasahara in 1999 as a limited liability company and became a Japanese corporation in 2000. The company changed its name to Mixi, Inc. from E-Mercury, Inc. in February 2006 to align its name with the social networking service, and was updated to MIXI, Inc. in 2022. Its headquarters are in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Mixi, Inc also published the mobile freemium game Monster Strike, the family photo-sharing app FamilyAlbum, and various other communication services.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mixi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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