🆚 Beacon API vs. PerformanceObserver
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Beacon API is four times more popular than PerformanceObserver.
- 🌎 Beacon API is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- 🌍 PerformanceObserver is more popular in the British Virgin Islands, Ecuador, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
Beacon APIType
Browser API
Browser API
About
The Beacon API is used to send asynchronous and non-blocking requests to a web server.
PerformanceObserver is a part of the Performance API that is used to monitor performance measurement events.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Categories
Browser APIs › Rank #5
Browser APIs › Rank #6
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Beacon API technology is 4 times more popular than PerformanceObserver.
Total websites
Market share
Browser APIs
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Beacon API is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, while PerformanceObserver is more popular in the British Virgin Islands, Ecuador, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
India
Germany
Canada
France
Japan
Brazil
Netherlands
Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Pakistan in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in New Zealand in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Argentina in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Ecuador in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Australia in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in India in the Browser APIs category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Beacon API is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business, while PerformanceObserver is more commonly used on travel, general news, and finance and banking sites.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Fashion/Beauty
Health
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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