Viki has built its business and brand on its community of fan translators, who volunteer to provide subtitles for the streamer’s expansive catalogue of content, sometimes extremely quickly. It has more than 1,700 TV shows and movies on offer to its 55 million users. (Dramafever’s closure, which hit the international K-drama fan community hard, also impacted Hulu’s K-drama offerings, as the streamer was a licensing partner with Dramafever.) Currently, Viki offers a tiered subscription model, as well as a free, ad-supported option. Following the abrupt closure of competitor Dramafever by parent company Warner Bros in 2018, Viki scooped up a lot of that platform’s K-drama content. In 2013, it was acquired by Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten. Viki has been around since 2007, when it was launched as a streaming platform for international TV. If you’re a longtime watcher of K-dramas or C-dramas, then you probably already know and use Viki, but if you’re relatively new to the world of foreign-language entertainment, then let me illuminate you… ![]() ![]() British drama fans have Acorn TV and BritBox for when they’re looking to dip below the basic offerings of a mainstream streamer (mainstreamer?), and fans of East Asian content have Rakuten Viki, a California-based company that specializes in original and licensed content from Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan. Platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime, or HBO Max can be a good one-stop shop for your media needs, but if you’re a fan of East Asian media and are looking for a deeper library of content, then there are more focused platforms in which to consider investing your time and money.
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