Top Distance Learning Websites in Japan

Key Insights on Top Distance Learning Websites in Japan on January 2026

As of January 2026, nhk.or.jp leads Distance Learning in Japan with 22.23M monthly visits. Its audience skews mobile-first (22.11% desktop / 22.11% mobile), and traffic is down month over month -36.58% and down year over year -30.28%. udemy.com holds second with 3.79M visits and a desktop-leaning mix (68.28% desktop / 31.72% mobile), while duolingo.com ranks third with 2.77M visits.

Across the leaders, sho-phil.com is the most mobile-first (100% of visits), whereas jetbrains.com is the most desktop-reliant (100%). Momentum favors leverageedu.com in the latest month (13,297.47%), while verbformen.com shows the steepest pullback. On a yearly view, verbformen.com posts the strongest expansion (1,865.23%), contrasted with studocu.com (-66.25%).

Acquisition patterns also differ: nhk.or.jp is driven primarily by search, nhk.or.jp by direct, and nhk.or.jp by referral; overall, 71 of the top 100 sites are direct-led, 28 are search-led, and 1 lean on social.

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