🆚 Beacon API vs. WebSocket
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Beacon API is five times more popular than WebSocket.
- 🌎 Beacon API is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- 🌍 WebSocket is more popular in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
Beacon API
WebSocketType
Browser API
Browser API
About
The Beacon API is used to send asynchronous and non-blocking requests to a web server.
The WebSocket API enables full-duplex communication between a web browser and a web server.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Fremont, California, United States
Categories
Browser APIs › Rank #5
Browser APIs › Rank #7
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Beacon API technology is 5 times more popular than WebSocket.
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 WebSocket is more popular in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Germany
India
Canada
France
Netherlands
Japan
Italy
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.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Kazakhstan in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Russia in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Ukraine in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Belarus in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Iran 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, business, and marketing and merchandising, while WebSocket is more commonly used on finance and banking, general news, and public information sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Health
Sports
Entertainment
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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