FC2 (founded July 20, 1999) is a popular Japanese blogging host, the third most popular video hosting service in Japan (after YouTube and Niconico), and a web hosting company headquartered in the Netherlands.[3] It is the 11th most popular website in Japan overall (as of January 2018).[4] FC2 is an abbreviation of "Fantastic Kupi-Kupi (クピクピ)". It is known to allow adult content such as pornography and hate speech (unlike many of its competitors).