⚡ Captchas in Norway

A CAPTCHA (an acronym for Completely Automated Public Turing test To tell Computers and Humans Apart) is a security technology used to verify whether a user is a human or a bot (computer program).

Norway is a Northern European country with a population of over 5.5 million people.

According to our research, captcha services are used on 9.7% of websites from Norway.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top captcha services in Norway in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is reCAPTCHA, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 80.8% share.
It is followed by hCaptcha with 18% and Cloudflare Turnstile with 7.3%.

reCAPTCHA 80.8%
hCaptcha 18%
Cloudflare Turnstile 7.3%
Altcha 0.7%
Friendly Captcha 0.3%
GeeTest 0.07%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. Altcha ^(-2)
6. GeeTest ^(-2)

✨ Best Captcha Services

Below is a more detailed list of 6 captcha services used on sites from Norway, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	reCAPTCHA Mountain View, California, United States A Google service that protects websites from spam, fraud, and automated abuse by distinguishing human users from bots. Free tier$8+/month	80.8%
2	hCaptcha San Francisco, California, United States A security service for detecting and preventing human and automated abuse on websites and applications, often used as a drop-in alternative to reCAPTCHA. Free$99+/month	18%
3	Cloudflare Turnstile San Francisco, California, United States A user-friendly CAPTCHA alternative that verifies human visitors without requiring them to solve interactive puzzles or identify objects. Free$$$	7.3%
4	Altcha Brno, Czech Republic An open-source, privacy-first, self-hosted captcha alternative that uses a proof-of-work mechanism to protect websites, APIs and online services from spam and unwanted content. FreeOpen source€24+/month	0.7%
5	Friendly Captcha Woerthsee, Germany A European captcha service that protects websites from bots and automated abuse while prioritizing user privacy, security, and accessibility. Free€9+/month	0.3%
6	GeeTest Wuhan, China A Chinese provider of CAPTCHA and bot management solutions. $$$	0.07%

👉 See Also

🌎 Captchas in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 15,324 websites from Norway.
Statistics were last calculated on March 30, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.