Which platform should I publish my manga on?
Publish a page-by-page manga on GlobalComix, ComicFury, MANGA Plus Creators or your own site, and add NamiComi if you want to sell chapters. Format decides first: these platforms show a manga page by page, while a vertical-scroll webtoon needs a reader built for scrolling, compared in our guide to where to publish a webtoon.
| Platform | Best for | Cost | Earning on the platform | Languages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WEBTOON Canvas | Vertical webtoons, largest audience | Free | Ads from 1,000 subscribers and 40,000 monthly views; Super Likes | 7 (EN, ES, FR, ID, TH, zh-TW, DE) |
| GlobalComix | Page and vertical comics, earning from the first reader | Free; Pro US$19.99 a month | Share of a reader subscription, donations, PDF sales | Many |
| NamiComi | Paid chapters, any language | Free | 85% of coin-unlocked chapters | Any |
| ComicFury | Page comics on a site you design | Free, no ads | None | Interface in English |
| MANGA Plus Creators | Manga aimed at a Shueisha editor | Free | Monthly contest prizes | English and Spanish sites |
| Own site (WordPress + Toocheke) | Either format, full control | About US$3–15 a month for hosting | Anything you add | Any |
Sources: WEBTOON Canvas terms, 6 January 2026; WEBTOON press release, 26 March 2026; GlobalComix pricing, accessed 16 October 2026; NamiComi content terms, 1 October 2025; ComicFury, accessed 16 October 2026; Anime Corner on MANGA Plus Creators.
Where should I publish a manga aimed at a Japanese publisher?
Creators aiming at Japanese publishing enter MANGA Plus Creators, a free upload site from Shueisha and MediBang whose monthly contests are judged by Shonen Jump+ editors; winners are published on MANGA Plus and prizes reach 1 million yen (Anime Corner). The Japanese counterparts are Jump Rookie!, Shueisha's user-submission site with ad revenue and a monthly award, and pixiv, the hub of Japan's original-manga scene.
Where should I publish a one-shot?
A one-shot fits a contest platform or a portfolio better than a serial platform, because serial platforms rank series by subscribers and update frequency. MANGA Plus Creators and Jump Rookie! both take one-shots for their monthly awards, and a one-shot on your own site stays available to editors and readers as part of a portfolio.
What does each platform pay?
NamiComi pays the highest share (85% of coin-unlocked chapters), GlobalComix pays 65–70% of its reader subscription from the first reader, and WEBTOON Canvas pays 50% of ad revenue once a series passes 1,000 subscribers and 40,000 monthly page views. ComicFury pays nothing.
| Platform | Creator share | When earning starts | Payout minimum |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEBTOON Canvas | 50% of ads; 70% of Super Likes | 1,000 subscribers and 40,000 monthly views, creator 18+ | US$25 (PayPal) or US$100 (Patreon) |
| GlobalComix | 65% of subscription share (70% on Pro); 92–95% of donations | No threshold stated | US$30 |
| NamiComi | 85% of coin unlocks | When readers unlock chapters | Not published |
| ComicFury | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Patreon, alongside any host | 90% minus card fees of 2.9% + US$0.30 | First patron | US$10 (PayPal) |
Sources: WEBTOON ad revenue policy, 6 January 2026; GlobalComix FAQ, accessed 16 October 2026; NamiComi content terms; Patreon pricing, accessed 16 October 2026.
Which platforms take exclusive rights?
None of the open platforms in this guide asks for exclusive rights just to upload a series. Exclusivity comes with paid programmes: NamiComi's Creator Rewards, a flat monthly payment from US$80 to US$1,000, requires that the series is monetised only on NamiComi (NamiComi Creator Rewards terms, 1 October 2025), and Tapas's Premium and Early Access deals were contracts that Tapas now reviews one by one as it closes (Tapas FAQ, 1 October 2026).
Read any contract that pays an advance, a bonus or a guaranteed sum, and check three things: whether it bars you from posting the same chapters elsewhere, for how long, and what happens to your rights if the platform closes.
Can I publish my manga on several platforms at once?
Yes. Publishing the same series on two or three platforms is common and allowed by the open platforms, as long as no paid programme you joined requires exclusivity. A usual set-up is one paying host, one free mirror such as ComicFury, and your own domain.
Upload tools decide how much work a mirror takes:
- GlobalComix takes bulk uploads of JPG, PNG, PDF, ZIP and CBZ files (GlobalComix publish page).
- ComicFury has a mass uploader and lets you back-date pages (ComicFury forum, 24 September 2026).
- Toocheke, a free WordPress plugin, imports a series from WEBTOON or Tapas into your own site (Toocheke Companion changelog, 13 October 2026).
- Taddy publishes a comic once and shows it in several reading apps through an open format, with creators keeping their rights (Taddy FAQ).
Where do I publish if my manga is made with AI?
A manga made with AI can go on a platform without an AI ban and with a clear label; the large comic communities mostly reject it. The rules differ by platform:
- ComicFury bans artwork made with generative AI, "partially or in full" (ComicFury rules).
- GlobalComix removed fully AI-generated works on 20 March 2026 and allows disclosed AI assistance (Graphic Policy, 24 March 2026).
- WEBTOON Canvas has no general AI clause but disqualifies generative-AI entries from its contests (WEBTOON notice, 2025).
- Shonen Jump+ disqualified an AI-generated manga after it ranked first in a rookie contest (Automaton).
- Inkroost labels every series "AI-assisted", "Hand-drawn" or "Mixed" (Inkroost).
Disclose AI use plainly wherever you publish. Readers who avoid AI work filter it out, and readers who do not mind it find it faster when it is labelled.
How do readers find a self-published manga?
Readers find self-published manga through the platform's own rankings, through the creator's social posts, and through directories and search. Self-published series miss the biggest route: the tracking databases where readers log what they read. AniList accepts manga "first published through a reputable Japanese publisher", and MyAnimeList requires a webcomic to be "published physically by a reputable publishing company" (AniList submission manual; MyAnimeList forum, 5 November 2020).
What works for a new series:
- A schedule you can keep. Post on the same day each week or fortnight, so subscribers know when to come back.
- Several chapters at launch. A new reader needs enough pages to decide whether to subscribe.
- Directories and webrings. TopWebComics and Comic Rocket list webcomics by genre (K-Comics Beat, 30 September 2026).
- One page per series that you control, linked from every post, so readers who find you anywhere can follow you everywhere.
What this means on AnimeHunt
AnimeHunt is a free anime and manga discovery directory and tracker that lists independent series next to studio titles. AnimeHunt lists self-published manga, webtoons and webcomics wherever they are hosted, which AniList and MyAnimeList do not. A listing gives your series a page with ratings, reading lists and recommendations beside more than 19,000 manga and webtoons, and its link points to the platform you chose; when you add a mirror or move, you change the link.
AI-made series can be listed with a mandatory AI-assisted or AI-generated label that readers can filter on. Fan works and explicit (18+) series are not accepted.