pixiv

pixiv Inc.

Contains adsIn-app purchases

About this app

This is the official Android app of pixiv, Japan's largest creative community with over 119 million registered users.
With this app, you can easily discover and enjoy amazing works anytime, anywhere.

pixiv is a platform designed to "accelerate creativity".
From anime and manga to fine art, creators from all backgrounds share their work here.
Start exploring and find your next favorites today!

■ About pixiv

▶ Illustrations

○ Browse
Discover illustrations posted every day,
and enjoy them in high quality!

○ Post
Share your artwork with the world
and collect Likes!

▶ Manga

○ Browse
Enjoy original manga you can't read anywhere else!
Don’t miss out on trending stories.

○ Post
Post your manga
and grow your audience!

▶ Novels

○ Browse
From romance and fantasy to sci-fi and more,
find stories that match your taste!

○ Post
Share your writing on pixiv
and connect with readers everywhere!

■ Key Features

○ Recommended Works
・View recommended works based on pixiv's most popular posts, ratings, and your own Likes and Bookmarks.
・The more works you like, the better pixiv learns what you love!

○ Rankings
・Browse what's trending across the community.
・Find trending works over the past day, week, or month.
・Enjoy various ranking categories such as "Popular with Males", "Popular with Females", and "Original Works".

○ New Works
・Check out new works from the users you're following.
・See new works from all pixiv users and spark your creative inspiration!

○ Search
・Search for works with your favorite keywords.
・Search illustrations by tags or titles and novels by tags or body text. You can even find stories featuring your favorite characters!
・Search for creators—your favorite artist might be on pixiv! Follow them to stay updated.
・Quickly access frequent searches from your history.
・See the latest trends on pixiv with "Featured Tags".

Ratings and reviews

I love this app but recently the ads are ruining my experience. I really don't mind the ads at all. I've used this for years with no issues. However some recent update or something changed that. Sometimes when I scroll, like, or click on an artwork, an ad opens on my browser forcing me out of the app. That is honestly abhorrent. It's very bad when it says "Congratulations". Scam ads are growing on the app. Like I said, I don't mind the ads but forcing me out for scam ads is bad. PLEASE FIX THIS.

Although the app is terrific at categorizing art and suggesting similar pieces/artists after a like, the standardization of categories is nonexistent. Ex: Looking for Punishing Gray Raven or Pokemon art? Be prepared to sort through five or six different spellings of those tags. It's great at finding characters and fetishes you enjoy, but the free version only lets you combine two tags in search criteria. Also something about the Nov/Dec '25 update made popup ads frequent and hard to close.

I have used this app for years, and it used to be great. However, as many others have said, the recent update causes the app to auto open ads that redirect you to your a browser page, and these ads are very obvious malicious and malware should someone accidentally tap on them. Additionally, the app does not close properly anymore. Whenever I reopen the app, it is stuck on the last search I had done, and sometimes when I click on a post and hit the back button, it just reopens that post.

What’s new

6.166.1
Bug fixes & improvements

6.166.0
The app icon has been updated.
The limited-time event "myBESTpixiv2025" has started.

6.165.0
- You can now view announcements about new feature releases and updates across all pixiv services
- Information about official events can now be received via notification.
You can select the notifications you receive for each type from the notification settings screen.
- Bug fixes & improvements