Niche may refer to:

Science

Developmental niche {{third-party, date=October 2020 The developmental niche is a theoretical framework for understanding and analyzing how culture shapes child development Child development involves the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in ...

, a concept for understanding the cultural context of child development * Ecological niche, a term describing the relational position of an organism's species *

Niche differentiation In ecology, niche differentiation (also known as niche segregation, niche separation and niche partitioning) refers to the process by which competing species use the environment differently in a way that helps them to coexist. The competitive excl ...

, in ecology, the process by which competing species use the environment differently in a way that helps them to coexist * Niche market, in economics, the process by which competing companies divide the market in a way that helps them to coexist *

Niche (protein structural motif) In the area of protein structural motifs, niches are three or four amino acid residue features in which main-chain CO groups are bridged by positively charged or δ+ groups. The δ+ groups include groups with two hydrogen bond donor atoms such as ...

* Stem-cell niche, the necessary cellular environment of a stem cell

Other uses

Bassline (music genre) Bassline (sometimes referred to as bassline house, organ house, Niche, B-Line, or 4x4) is a music genre related to UK garage that originated in Yorkshire and the Midlands in the early 2000s. Stylistically it comprises a four-to-the-floor rhyth ...

, a type of music related to UK garage also called Niche * Niche (architecture), an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size ** A cell of a

columbarium A columbarium (; pl. columbaria) is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased. The term can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin "''colum ...

for a cremation urn *

Niche (company) Niche.com, formerly known as College Prowler, is an American company headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that runs a ranking and review site. The company was founded by Luke Skurman in 2002 as a publisher of print guidebooks on US col ...

, an Internet search and review service *

Niche (horse) Niche (foaled 1990) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the Group 3 classic trial the Nell Gwyn Stakes and coming 2nd in the 1,000 Guineas, before her career was cut short by a freak accident on the gallops. Bred by Hig ...

, a British Thoroughbred racehorse * ''Niche'' (video game), a 2017 video game * Niche market, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector ** Niche blogging, a blog focused on a niche market * Niche, a character in the manga ''

Tegami Bachi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Asada. The series was first serialized in Shueisha's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from 2006 to 2007, and then transferred to ''Jump Square'', where it ran ...

'' * Niche (footballer), Bissau-Guinean footballer * Network in Canadian History and Environment, a group of Canadian environmental historians {{disambiguation