reCAPTCHA
Google, Mountain View, California, United StatesreCAPTCHA is a Google service that protects websites from spam, fraud, and automated abuse by distinguishing human users from bots.
It offers several versions, including v2 with an "I'm not a robot" checkbox and an invisible badge and v3 with background risk scoring.
It also analyzes user behavior signals, supports accessibility alternatives, and integrates with common web frameworks.
According to our data, reCAPTCHA is the most popular captcha service on the web.
It has 77.7% of the captcha market share and is detected on 9.5% of all websites.
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Wikipedia💸 Pricing
reCAPTCHA is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Captchas
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 77.7%
- Spam Protection
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 56.8%
🏆 reCAPTCHA Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Captchas category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Spam Protection category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Captchas category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Spam Protection category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Captchas category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Spam Protection category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Captchas category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Spam Protection category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Spam Protection category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Captchas category.
⚡ Sites Using reCAPTCHA
We have data on 319,603 websites that use the reCAPTCHA service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using reCAPTCHA is 
linkedin.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | linkedin.com |
#9 | United States | English |
| 2 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | |
| 3 |  spotify.com |
#22 | Sweden | English |
| 4 | #26 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #38 | United States | English | |
| 6 |  discord.com |
#46 | United States | English |
| 7 |  nytimes.com |
#50 | United States | English |
| 8 | #56 | American English | ||
| 9 | #57 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #74 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 11 |  tumblr.com |
#78 | United States | American English |
| 12 | #97 | United States | English | |
| 13 | snapchat.com | #98 | American English | |
| 14 |  stackoverflow.com |
#101 | English | |
| 15 |  play.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 16 | #123 | Russia | Russian | |
| 17 |  classlink.com |
#127 | United States | English |
| 18 | #136 | United States | American English | |
| 19 |  trello.com |
#145 | Australia | American English |
| 20 | #161 | Netherlands | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use reCAPTCHA:
- 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 reCAPTCHA are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
- United States 21.6%
- United Kingdom 7.2%
- Spain 5%
- Japan 4.5%
- Australia 4.4%
- Italy 4.4%
- France 4.2%
- Netherlands 4.1%
- Germany 3.2%
- Other 41.4%
Most reCAPTCHA users speak English, Spanish, or French.
- English 55%
- Spanish 6.8%
- French 4.4%
- Japanese 4%
- Italian 3.6%
- Dutch 3.4%
- German 3.2%
- Portuguese 3%
- Russian 3%
- Other 13.6%
The reCAPTCHA service is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 43.7%
- .org 5.9%
- .co.uk 3%
- .com.au 2.9%
- .nl 2.6%
- .it 2.5%
- .net 2.2%
- .ru 1.9%
- .de 1.7%
- Other 33.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing reCAPTCHA include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 21.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.9%
- Online Shopping 9.8%
- Internet Services 6.2%
- Education/Reference 5.1%
- Travel 4.2%
- Health 4.1%
- Blogs/Wiki 3.5%
- Entertainment 2.9%
- Other 29.9%
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What is the company behind reCAPTCHA?
reCAPTCHA is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
Can I use reCAPTCHA for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does reCAPTCHA cost?
reCAPTCHA is priced from $8 per month for the from 10K to 100K assessments plan.
Which country uses reCAPTCHA the most?
The majority of reCAPTCHA users are from the United States.
Who uses reCAPTCHA?
According to our data, reCAPTCHA is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as linkedin.com, pinterest.com, and spotify.com.
Is reCAPTCHA used on government websites?
In total, we found reCAPTCHA on 176 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use reCAPTCHA?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 417 academic websites in the United States that use reCAPTCHA.
How does reCAPTCHA compare to its competitors?
reCAPTCHA is the most popular captcha service on the market, outranking all others.
What are the alternatives to reCAPTCHA?
Alternatives and possible competitors to reCAPTCHA may include 
hCaptcha, 
Cloudflare Turnstile, and 
Friendly Captcha.
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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 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.