Rakuten Viki is an American over-the-top media service and video on demand streaming platform owned by Rakuten. The service specializes in Asian television series and films, particularly Korean drama, Chinese, Taiwanese, and Japanese productions, which are distributed globally with community-created subtitles.
The platform allows users to watch content with subtitles available in more than 200 languages through a crowdsourced translation system. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, the company operates additional offices in Singapore, Tokyo, and Seoul.
The name Viki is a portmanteau of the words video and wiki, reflecting the platform's reliance on volunteer communities to create subtitles and translations for international audiences.
Viki won the TechCrunch Crunchie Award for Best International Startup in 2011. The platform was later acquired by Rakuten in 2013 and integrated into the company's global digital content ecosystem.