🆚 Atom vs. RSS
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 RSS is much more popular than Atom.
- 🌍 RSS is more popular in all countries.
AtomType
Syndication technology
Syndication technology
About
Atom is an XML-based syndication format used for web feeds, similar to RSS.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is a web feed syndication format for accessing access updates to websites in a standardized, computer-readable format.
Headquarters
Fremont, California, United States
Categories
Syndication › Rank #3
Syndication › Rank #1
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
RSS syndication technology is 18 times more popular than Atom.
Total websites
Market share
Syndication
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
RSS is more popular than Atom in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Syndication category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Syndication category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Syndication category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Syndication category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Syndication category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Syndication category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Syndication category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Syndication category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Syndication category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Syndication category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
RSS is more popular than Atom in all market segments.
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
General News
Sports
Health
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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