Web Storage
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesWeb Storage is a browser API that provides client-side key-value storage for websites, allowing data to be stored directly in a user's web browser.
It stores data as strings associated with a website's origin, offers significantly larger storage capacity than cookies, and consists of the localStorage and sessionStorage interfaces.
It is commonly used to save user preferences, interface settings, shopping cart contents, and other application state information that needs to remain available between page loads and browser sessions.
According to our data, Web Storage is the most popular browser API on the web.
It has 84.6% of the browser API market share and is detected on 28.7% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Browser APIs
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 84.6%
🏆 Web Storage Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Browser APIs category.
⚡ Sites Using Web Storage
We have data on 1,048,621 websites that use the Web Storage browser API. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Web Storage is 
google.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | google.com |
#1 | United States | English |
| 2 |  apple.com |
#8 | United States | American English |
| 3 |  bing.com |
#14 | United States | English |
| 4 | #16 | United States | American English | |
| 5 |  cloudflare.com |
#20 | United States | English |
| 6 | #26 | United States | English | |
| 7 |  adobe.com |
#28 | United States | English |
| 8 | #29 | United States | American English | |
| 9 | #30 | United States | American English | |
| 10 |  twitch.tv |
#42 | United States | English |
| 11 |  linktr.ee |
#44 | Australia | English |
| 12 | #49 | United States | English | |
| 13 |  nytimes.com |
#50 | United States | English |
| 14 | #56 | American English | ||
| 15 |  ibm.com |
#66 | United States | English |
| 16 | #67 | United States | English | |
| 17 |  samsung.com |
#73 | United States | English |
| 18 | #74 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 19 | #85 | China | English | |
| 20 |  baidu.com |
#90 | China | Chinese |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Web Storage:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Web Storage are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 23.5%
- United Kingdom 6.6%
- Germany 5.9%
- Japan 4.1%
- France 4.1%
- Spain 3.6%
- Italy 3.4%
- Australia 3.2%
- Netherlands 3.1%
- Other 42.5%
Most Web Storage users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 56.9%
- Spanish 5.8%
- German 5.3%
- French 3.9%
- Japanese 3.4%
- Portuguese 2.9%
- Italian 2.7%
- Dutch 2.1%
- Russian 2.1%
- Other 14.9%
The Web Storage browser API is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.9%
- .org 6.8%
- .de 3.4%
- .net 2.6%
- .co.uk 2.3%
- .it 1.9%
- .com.au 1.8%
- .com.br 1.8%
- .nl 1.7%
- Other 30.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Web Storage include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 16.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.1%
- Online Shopping 10.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 8.2%
- Education/Reference 5.4%
- Internet Services 4.5%
- Entertainment 4.1%
- Health 3.3%
- General News 3.3%
- Other 33.1%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Web Storage?
Web Storage is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses Web Storage the most?
The majority of Web Storage users are from the United States.
Who uses Web Storage?
According to our data, Web Storage is used on millions of sites, including google.com, apple.com, and bing.com.
Is Web Storage used on government websites?
In total, we found Web Storage on 505 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Web Storage?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 1,444 academic websites in the United States that use Web Storage.
How does Web Storage stack up against its competitors?
Web Storage is the most popular browser API on the market, outranking all others.
What are the alternatives to Web Storage?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Web Storage may include 
XMLHttpRequest, 
Fetch, and Beacon API.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from W3C
JavaScript🗃️ 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 3,653,460 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.