Viki

Viki (Rakuten Viki) is a global video streaming service specializing in Korean dramas, Chinese dramas, and other Asian television shows and movies, subtitled into more than 200 languages by a community of volunteer contributors (the name is a portmanteau of "video" and "wiki"). Founded as a startup backed by 500 Global, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and CRV, Viki was acquired by Rakuten in 2013 and now operates as part of Rakuten's media portfolio. The consumer product streams licensed content on web, mobile, and connected-TV apps, funded by advertising and a Viki Pass subscription. Viki does not publish a public developer API or developer portal; it exposes an internal application API (api.viki.io) that powers its own clients and requires app credentials, and a community contribution platform for volunteer subtitlers and segmenters. This profile was surfaced as a venture-portfolio lead and enriched with the honest finding that there is no public API surface to catalog.

Viki is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Streaming, Video, Entertainment, and Media.

Viki’s developer surface includes support and 2 more developer resources.

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7.6/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
0 APIs
CompanyStreamingVideoEntertainmentMediaKorean DramaSubtitlingRakuten

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 7.6/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.9 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Viki Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support
Support

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: viki
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/viki.png
name: Viki
description: Viki (Rakuten Viki) is a global video streaming service specializing in Korean dramas, Chinese dramas, and other
  Asian television shows and movies, subtitled into more than 200 languages by a community of volunteer contributors (the
  name is a portmanteau of "video" and "wiki"). Founded as a startup backed by 500 Global, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and
  CRV, Viki was acquired by Rakuten in 2013 and now operates as part of Rakuten's media portfolio. The consumer product streams
  licensed content on web, mobile, and connected-TV apps, funded by advertising and a Viki Pass subscription. Viki does not
  publish a public developer API or developer portal; it exposes an internal application API (api.viki.io) that powers its
  own clients and requires app credentials, and a community contribution platform for volunteer subtitlers and segmenters.
  This profile was surfaced as a venture-portfolio lead and enriched with the honest finding that there is no public API surface
  to catalog.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/viki/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
- a16z
- crv
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-21'
tags:
- Company
- Streaming
- Video
- Entertainment
- Media
- Korean Drama
- Subtitling
- Rakuten
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://viki.com
- type: Support
  url: https://support.viki.com
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/viki-domain-security.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-21'
  status: minimal
  artifacts_added: 1
  pass: local-v1