Navigation Timing
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesNavigation Timing is a part of the Performance API that provides metrics related to navigation from one page to another.
According to our data, Navigation Timing is the 4th most popular browser API on the web.
It has 10.8% of the browser API market share and is detected on 3.5% of all websites.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Browser APIs
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 10.8%
🏆 Navigation Timing Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Brazil in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Mexico in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Israel in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Colombia in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Taiwan in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Philippines in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Uruguay in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Kuwait in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Panama in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Cambodia in the Browser APIs category.
⚡ Sites Using Navigation Timing
We have data on 122,994 websites that use the Navigation Timing browser API. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Navigation Timing is 
youtube.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | youtube.com |
#4 | United States | English |
| 2 | bing.com | #14 | United States | English |
| 3 |  reddit.com |
#25 | United States | American English |
| 4 | #26 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #29 | United States | American English | |
| 6 |  whatsapp.com |
#48 | United States | English |
| 7 | #49 | English | ||
| 8 |  nytimes.com |
#50 | United States | English |
| 9 | #54 | American English | ||
| 10 | #55 | English | ||
| 11 | #68 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #74 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 13 |  quora.com |
#81 | American English | |
| 14 | #85 | Singapore | English | |
| 15 |  ebay.com |
#92 | United States | American English |
| 16 |  etsy.com |
#93 | United States | American English |
| 17 |  fastly.com |
#94 | United States | English |
| 18 |  amazon.co.uk |
#96 | United Kingdom | British English |
| 19 | #114 | American English | ||
| 20 |  dailymotion.com |
#115 | France | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Navigation Timing:
- 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 Navigation Timing are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- United States 23%
- United Kingdom 9.7%
- Australia 5.6%
- India 5.5%
- Germany 5%
- Japan 4.6%
- Canada 4.6%
- France 3.8%
- Brazil 3.3%
- Other 34.9%
Most Navigation Timing users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 73.6%
- Spanish 4.1%
- German 3.8%
- French 3%
- Japanese 3%
- Portuguese 2.4%
- Italian 1.4%
- Dutch 1.2%
- Chinese 0.8%
- Other 6.7%
The Navigation Timing browser API is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 60.6%
- .org 3.6%
- .co.uk 3.4%
- .com.au 2.9%
- .de 2.2%
- .com.br 1.8%
- .net 1.5%
- .ca 1.4%
- .in 1.1%
- Other 21.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Navigation Timing include online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty.
- Online Shopping 33.2%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.3%
- Fashion/Beauty 10.6%
- Business 9.1%
- Sports 3.3%
- Blogs/Wiki 3.2%
- Entertainment 3.1%
- General News 3%
- Health 2.2%
- Other 21%
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Interest-Based Advertising Opt-Out💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Navigation Timing?
Navigation Timing is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses Navigation Timing the most?
The majority of Navigation Timing users are from the United States.
Who uses Navigation Timing?
According to our data, Navigation Timing is used on thousands of sites, including youtube.com, bing.com, and reddit.com.
Is Navigation Timing used on government websites?
Overall, we found Navigation Timing on 40 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Navigation Timing?
Yes. Overall, we know of 68 academic websites in the United States that use Navigation Timing.
How does Navigation Timing stack up against its competitors?
Navigation Timing is one of the most popular browser APIs, second only to Web Storage, 
XMLHttpRequest, and 
Fetch.
What are the alternatives to Navigation Timing?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Navigation Timing may include Web Storage, XMLHttpRequest, and Fetch.
👉 See Also
🗃️ 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.