Shift JIS

Category - Document Encoding

Shift JIS (Shift Japanese Industrial Standards) is a character encoding for Japanese language.


We have discovered  279,581 live websites   that are using Shift JIS.

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Technology usage statistics

Websites using Shift JIS279,581 websites
Most popular in the country Japan
Market position in Document Encoding#4
Market share in Document Encoding0.37%

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Shift JIS usage. (See Shift JIS Usage Changes report)
Websites that added Shift JIS+1,763
Websites that dropped Shift JIS-3,989

Shift JIS usage distribution by website rank

The correlation between utilization of Shift JIS technology and the relative popularity of websites

Market Share

Shift JIS market share within the Document Encoding category



Geographical Distribution

Technology usage distribution by websites across the globe.



Websites utilizing Shift JIS

Top websites that use Shift JIS
DomainCountryRankContacts
thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp Japan2,025
blog.ss-blog.jp Japan2,477
web.xaas3.jp Japan5,209
kent-web.com Japan5,464
ssl.xaas3.jp Japan5,744
edy.rakuten.co.jp Japan6,107
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Alternative Technologies


UTF-8: Total 60,799,657 domains found using UTF-8
ISO-8859-1: Total 14,061,758 domains found using ISO-8859-1
GB2312: Total 1,040,708 domains found using GB2312
windows-1251: Total 214,990 domains found using windows-1251
GBK: Total 133,350 domains found using GBK
UTF-16: Total 2,267 domains found using UTF-16
UTF-32: Total 75 domains found using UTF-32




Alternative Names

  • Shift Japanese Industrial Standards