Screen Orientation API
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThe Screen Orientation API exposes the current type and angle of the device's screen orientation, and dispatches events when it changes.
According to our data, Screen Orientation API ranks 15th among the browser APIs we track.
It has 0.08% of the browser API market share and is detected on 0.03% of all websites.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Browser APIs
- Rank: 15
- Market share: 0.08%
🏆 Screen Orientation API Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Malta in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Germany in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Italy in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Spain in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 12nd most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 12nd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 13rd most popular in Brazil in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 14th most popular in France in the Browser APIs category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Russia in the Browser APIs category.
⚡ Sites Using Screen Orientation API
We have data on 961 websites that use Screen Orientation API technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Screen Orientation API is globo.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #74 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 2 | #2,615 | Hungary | Hungarian | |
| 3 | #4,666 | English | ||
| 4 | #6,194 | Germany | German | |
| 5 | #6,566 | English | ||
| 6 | #6,661 | Iceland | English | |
| 7 | #7,041 | Austria | German | |
| 8 | #7,558 | Poland | Polish | |
| 9 | #7,640 | Italy | Italian | |
| 10 | #9,313 | English | ||
| 11 | #9,596 | Italy | Italian | |
| 12 | #13,054 | English | ||
| 13 | #13,507 | English | ||
| 14 | #14,058 | Germany | German | |
| 15 | #14,255 | Germany | German | |
| 16 | #14,750 | Spain | European Spanish | |
| 17 | #16,565 | English | ||
| 18 | #17,319 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 19 | #18,284 | United States | American English | |
| 20 | #20,492 | Germany | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Screen Orientation API:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Sports category.
Most of the sites using Screen Orientation API are from the United States, Germany, and Malta.
- United States 24.1%
- Germany 20.3%
- Malta 7.5%
- Russia 6.3%
- United Kingdom 6%
- Italy 5.2%
- France 3.6%
- Spain 3.6%
- Brazil 2.8%
- Other 20.6%
Most Screen Orientation API users speak English, German, or Russian.
- English 57.9%
- German 13.3%
- Russian 5.5%
- Spanish 4%
- Italian 4%
- French 3.7%
- Portuguese 2.5%
- Czech 1.4%
- Polish 1.3%
- Other 6.4%
Screen Orientation API technology is especially popular on .com and .de top-level domains.
- .com 47.3%
- .de 11.8%
- .org 4.5%
- .ru 3.7%
- .net 3.1%
- .co.uk 2.8%
- .it 2.4%
- .in 2.3%
- .es 2.2%
- Other 19.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Screen Orientation API include sports, general news, and marketing and merchandising.
- Sports 12.1%
- General News 11.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.6%
- Business 9.1%
- Online Shopping 6.8%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.3%
- Finance/Banking 4.5%
- Education/Reference 4.2%
- Interactive Web Applications 4.2%
- Other 31.8%
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WebSocket💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Screen Orientation API?
Screen Orientation API is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses Screen Orientation API the most?
The majority of Screen Orientation API users are from the United States.
Who uses Screen Orientation API?
According to our data, Screen Orientation API is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as globo.com,
hvg.hu, and
mlssoccer.com.
What are the alternatives to Screen Orientation API?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Screen Orientation API may include Web Storage, 
XMLHttpRequest, and 
Fetch.
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🗃️ 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.