CodePen
CodePen is an online social development environment and community for front-end designers and developers to write, test, share, and showcase HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code directly in a browser.
It features an in-browser editor with real-time live preview, supports embedding shared code snippets, community interaction through follows and comments, portfolio-style profiles and collections, preprocessors such as Sass and Babel, and collaborative editing and IDE-like Projects.
According to our data, CodePen is the most popular code sharing technology on the web.
It has 59.8% of the code sharing market share and is detected on 0.05% of all websites.
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CodePen is available in both free and paid versions.
(2GB, 2 person Collab Mode)$12/month
(10 GB, 6 person Collab Mode)$19/month
(20 GB, 10 person Collab Mode)$39/month
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Code Sharing
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 59.8%
🏆 CodePen Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Poland in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Code Sharing category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Code Sharing category.
⚡ Sites Using CodePen
We have data on 1,550 websites that use CodePen technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using CodePen is developer.mozilla.org.
| # | Website | 🔗 | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American English | ||||
| 2 | KhaledPen/pen/YzXeXLm | #1,572 | United States | American English | |
| 3 | #1,920 | Canada | English | ||
| 4 | mikedevelops/pen/vOavQB | #5,874 | United States | English | |
| 5 | htmlcolorcodes | #12,009 | English | ||
| 6 | anon/pen/rYGWGY\n* | #13,129 | Canada | English | |
| 7 | samuelkahr/pen/gOpWyEG | #14,517 | United States | American English | |
| 8 | #16,508 | English | |||
| 9 |  developer.paypal.com |
braintree | United States | English | |
| 10 | matthewcain/pen/ZepbeR | #25,245 | United States | English | |
| 11 | #26,106 | United States | American English | ||
| 12 | #28,209 | United States | American English | ||
| 13 | #28,396 | English | |||
| 14 | #35,543 | English | |||
| 15 | shshaw/pen/OVGWLG | #36,801 | English | ||
| 16 | #39,315 | United States | American English | ||
| 17 | #47,645 | Vietnamese | |||
| 18 | #49,431 | American English | |||
| 19 | simeydotme | #53,298 | English | ||
| 20 | andrearufo/pen/rVWpyE | #55,947 | Vietnam | Vietnamese |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use CodePen:
- 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 CodePen are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland.
- United States 36.7%
- United Kingdom 5.5%
- Poland 5.4%
- Australia 3.8%
- Canada 3.8%
- India 3.8%
- Vietnam 3.7%
- Germany 3.5%
- France 2.1%
- Other 31.7%
Most CodePen users speak English, Polish, or Vietnamese.
- English 73.8%
- Polish 4.2%
- Vietnamese 4.2%
- Spanish 2.7%
- German 2.1%
- Japanese 1.8%
- French 1.5%
- Portuguese 1.1%
- Italian 0.9%
- Other 7.7%
CodePen technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 51.7%
- .org 7%
- .pl 3.7%
- .net 3.5%
- .com.au 2.3%
- .co.uk 1.7%
- .de 1.6%
- .ca 1.5%
- .me 1.1%
- Other 25.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing CodePen include business, Internet services, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 15.5%
- Internet Services 12.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.9%
- Blogs/Wiki 7.8%
- Online Shopping 6%
- Real Estate 6%
- Education/Reference 4.9%
- Software/Hardware 4%
- Technical/Business Forums 3.2%
- Other 31.3%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is CodePen's headquarters?
CodePen is located in Bend, Oregon, United States.
Can I use CodePen for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does it cost per month?
CodePen is priced from $12 per month for the Starter plan.
Which country uses CodePen the most?
The majority of CodePen users are from the United States.
Who uses CodePen?
According to our data, CodePen is used on over a thousand sites, including developer.mozilla.org,
illinois.edu, and
uwaterloo.ca.
Is CodePen used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by ehawaii.gov. Overall, we found CodePen on 2 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use CodePen?
Yes. The most prominent of these are illinois.edu and
montgomerycollege.edu. Overall, we know of 6 academic websites in the United States that use CodePen.
How does CodePen stack up against its competitors?
CodePen is the most popular code sharing technology on the market, outranking all others.
What are the alternatives to CodePen?
Alternatives and possible competitors to CodePen may include JSFiddle, 
GitHub Gist, and 
CodeSandbox.
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