🆚 ActivityPub vs. Micropub

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Type

Standard
Standard

About

ActivityPub is a decentralized social networking protocol used by various fediverse services such as Mastodon, Pixelfed, and PeerTube.

Micropub is an HTTP-based client-server protocol used to create, update, and delete posts on servers using third-party clients.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

Standards › Rank #46
Standards › Rank #51

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

ActivityPub is 5 times more popular than Micropub.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

ActivityPub is more popular in Germany, France, and the United States, while Micropub is more popular in Brazil.
Germany
France
United States
United Kingdom
Portugal
Netherlands
Japan
Finland
Canada
Australia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

ActivityPub is more popular among sites focused on social networking, business, and content server, while Micropub is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, technical information, and technical, business forums sites.
Social Networking
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Content Server
Technical Information
Technical/Business Forums
Internet Services
Entertainment
Games
Potentially Unwanted Programs

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#35,763
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Name
Rank
#25,778
#212,185
#964,293
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See also

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