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 Human development (biology), biological, psychological and em ...

, a concept for understanding the cultural context of child development and growth *

Ecological niche In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. Three variants of ecological niche are described by It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of Resource (biology), resources an ...

, a term describing the relational position of an organism's species *

Niche differentiation In ecology, a niche is the match of a species to a specific environmental condition. Three variants of ecological niche are described by It describes how an organism or population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors (for e ...

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

Niche (protein structural motif) In the area of protein Structural motif, 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 dono ...

Stem-cell niche Stem-cell niche refers to a microenvironment, within the specific anatomic location where stem cell In multicellular organisms, stem cells are undifferentiated or partially differentiated cells that can change into various types of cells an ...

, the necessary cellular environment of a stem cell

Business

Niche market A niche market is the subset of the market on which a product is appealed to a small group of consumers. The market niche defines the product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the ...

, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector **

Niche blogging Niche blogging is the act of creating a blog with the intent of using it to market to a particular niche market. Niche blogs (also commonly referred to as "niche websites") may appeal to "geographic areas, a speciality industry, ethnic or age gro ...

, a blog focused on a niche market

Other uses

Bassline (music genre) Bassline (sometimes referred to as bassline house or 4x4 or niche) is a music genre closely related to UK garage that originated in South Yorkshire and the West 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) In architecture, a niche (Canadian English, CanE, or ) is a recess or cavity constructed in the thickness of a wall for the reception of decorative objects such as statues, busts, urns, and vases. In Classical architecture examples are an exedr ...

, an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size ** A cell of a

columbarium A columbarium (; pl. columbaria), also called a cinerarium, is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns holding cremated remains of the dead. The term comes from the Latin ''columba'' (dove) and originally solel ...

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 U.S. co ...

, 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, a character in the manga ''

Tegami Bachi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Asada. It was first serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' from September 2006 to June 2007; after the magazine ceased publication, it was transferr ...

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Niche (footballer) Dionísio Fernandes Mendes (born May 21, 1981, in Bissau), nicknamed Niche, is a Guinea-Bissau, Bissau-Guinean association football, football Forward (association football), striker. Career Some of his other former teams include Sporting Club ...

, Bissau-Guinean footballer * Network in Canadian History and Environment, a group of Canadian environmental historians *''Nishe'', a B-Side from the 2000 single '' Unintended ''by English rock band, Muse {{disambiguation