🆚 Beacon API vs. Web Storage
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Web Storage is much more popular than Beacon API.
- 🌍 Web Storage is more popular in all countries.
Beacon APIType
Browser API
Browser API
About
The Beacon API is used to send asynchronous and non-blocking requests to a web server.
Web storage is a browser API and client-side key-value database that allows websites to store persistent data on users' devices.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Categories
Browser APIs › Rank #5
Browser APIs › Rank #1
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Web Storage browser API is 8 times more popular than Beacon API.
Total websites
Market share
Browser APIs
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Web Storage is more popular than Beacon API in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Japan
Australia
Spain
Italy
India
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.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Browser APIs category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Web Storage is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and blogs and wiki, while Beacon API is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
General News
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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