⚡ Browser APIs in New Zealand

Browser APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are a set of functions that allow web developers to interact with the browser and system resources, providing features such as data storage, network requests, performance monitoring, graphics rendering, background tasks, and camera and microphone access.

New Zealand is an Oceanian country with a population of over 5.1 million people.

According to our data, browser APIs are detected on 33.2% of websites from New Zealand.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top browser APIs in New Zealand in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Web Storage, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 82.7% share.
It is followed by XMLHttpRequest with 24.4% and Beacon API with 19.5%.

Web Storage 82.7%
XMLHttpRequest 24.4%
Beacon API 19.5%
Navigation Timing 19.4%
Fetch 16.4%
WebSocket 3.2%
PerformanceObserver 3.1%
WebGL 1.4%
Interest-Based Advertising Opt-Out 1.3%
Geolocation API 0.6%
IndexedDB 0.04%
Speech Recognition API 0.02%
WebRTC 0.02%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top APIs that are more popular in New Zealand than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Beacon API ^(-2)
6. WebSocket ^(-1)
8. WebGL ^(-1)
12. Speech Recognition API ^(-5)

✨ Best Browser APIs

Below is a more detailed list of 13 browser APIs used on sites from New Zealand, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Web Storage Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A browser API and client-side key-value database that allows websites to store persistent data on users' devices.	82.7%
2	XMLHttpRequest Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A JavaScript API to create HTTP requests.	24.4%
3	Beacon API Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Used to send asynchronous and non-blocking requests to a web server.	19.5%
4	Navigation Timing Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A part of the Performance API that provides metrics related to navigation from one page to another.	19.4%
5	Fetch Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A modern XMLHttpRequest alternative for fetching network resources.	16.4%
6	WebSocket Fremont, California, United States API enables full-duplex communication between a web browser and a web server.	3.2%
7	PerformanceObserver Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A part of the Performance API that is used to monitor performance measurement events.	3.1%
8	WebGL A cross-platform, royalty-free open web standard for a low-level 3D graphics API based on OpenGL.	1.4%
9	Interest-Based Advertising Opt-Out Allowed sites to exclude themselves from Federated Learning of Cohorts cohort calculations using the "interest-cohort=()" permission policy.	1.3%
10	Geolocation API Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Allows web applications to retrieve the user's location, including latitude and longitude.	0.6%
11	IndexedDB Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A transactional NoSQL database system for the persistent storage of structured data inside a user's browser. Free	0.04%
12	Speech Recognition API A part of the Web Speech API that controls the speech recognition service.	0.02%
13	WebRTC A set of protocols and APIs that enable real-time communication natively from web browsers and and mobile applications.	0.02%

👉 See Also

🌎 Browser APIs in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 13,907 websites from New Zealand.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.