1.N Station, short for NICONICO Station, is an online video sharing website in Japan, which is jointly operated by DWANGO and NIWANGO, and is the largest video website in Japan.

2. Station N not only provides video sharing services similar to YouTube, but also provides interactive functions for viewers to leave messages on videos. Is the originator of the barrage video website.

3. The instant messaging function initiated by N Station has become one of the most remarkable features of N Station.

4. The early N station itself did not provide video uploading service, but used videos uploaded from YouTube to play on its own website, and added the function of instant messaging subtitles.

On February 23rd, 2007, YouTube banned NICONICO from accessing his videos. NICONICO was forced to shut down for two weeks and then used NIWANGO's own SmileVideo service.