Fetch
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesFetch is a modern 
JavaScript API for requesting network resources and exchanging data between web applications and servers.
It provides a promise-based interface for asynchronous HTTP requests, supports streaming request and response bodies, works with service workers, and can handle data formats such as 
JSON, text, blobs, and binary content.
Compared to 
XMLHttpRequest, Fetch offers a simpler promise-based and async/await-friendly model, improved streaming support, and can achieve better performance for JSON-heavy workloads.
According to our data, Fetch is the third most popular browser API on the web.
It has 14.9% of the browser API market share and is detected on 4.8% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Browser APIs
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 14.9%
🏆 Fetch Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in India in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Turkey in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vietnam in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Argentina in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Austria in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Romania in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Greece in the Browser APIs category.
⚡ Sites Using Fetch
We have data on 170,352 websites that use the Fetch browser API. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Fetch is 
x.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | x.com |
#12 | English | |
| 2 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | |
| 3 | #16 | United States | American English | |
| 4 | #19 | United States | English | |
| 5 |  cloudflare.com |
#20 | United States | English |
| 6 |  reddit.com |
#25 | United States | American English |
| 7 | #26 | United States | English | |
| 8 |  adobe.com |
#28 | United States | English |
| 9 | #29 | United States | American English | |
| 10 | #30 | United States | American English | |
| 11 |  vk.com |
#39 | Russia | English |
| 12 |  twitch.tv |
#42 | United States | English |
| 13 | #44 | Australia | English | |
| 14 | #49 | English | ||
| 15 |  nytimes.com |
#50 | United States | English |
| 16 | #63 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #67 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #74 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 19 |  wordpress.com |
#83 | United States | English |
| 20 |  amazon.co.uk |
#96 | United Kingdom | British English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Fetch:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Fetch are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 22%
- United Kingdom 7%
- Germany 5.2%
- India 4.6%
- Brazil 4.2%
- France 3.8%
- Australia 3.5%
- Canada 3%
- Japan 3%
- Other 43.7%
Most Fetch users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 60.4%
- Spanish 5.5%
- German 4.2%
- Portuguese 3.8%
- French 3.4%
- Japanese 2.3%
- Italian 1.9%
- Dutch 1.9%
- Russian 1.7%
- Other 14.9%
The Fetch browser API is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 50.8%
- .org 4.4%
- .co.uk 2.6%
- .com.br 2.6%
- .de 2.5%
- .net 2.3%
- .com.au 2%
- .nl 1.4%
- .it 1.4%
- Other 30%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Fetch include online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- Online Shopping 18.4%
- Business 13.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.8%
- Blogs/Wiki 6.4%
- Fashion/Beauty 5%
- General News 4.7%
- Internet Services 4.4%
- Education/Reference 3.6%
- Entertainment 3.4%
- Other 30.9%
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Interest-Based Advertising Opt-Out💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Fetch?
Fetch is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses Fetch the most?
The majority of Fetch users are from the United States.
Who uses Fetch?
According to our data, Fetch is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as x.com, pinterest.com, and yahoo.com.
Is Fetch used on government websites?
In total, we found Fetch on 67 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Fetch?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 146 academic websites in the United States that use Fetch.
How does Fetch compare to the competition?
Fetch is one of the most popular browser APIs, second only to Web Storage and XMLHttpRequest.
What are the alternatives to Fetch?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Fetch may include XMLHttpRequest, Web Storage, and Navigation Timing.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from W3C
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,533,773 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.