🆚 Beacon API vs. XMLHttpRequest
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 XMLHttpRequest is twice as popular as Beacon API.
- 🌎 XMLHttpRequest is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 Beacon API is more popular in Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica.
Beacon API
XMLHttpRequestType
Browser API
Browser API
About
The Beacon API is used to send asynchronous and non-blocking requests to a web server.
XMLHttpRequest (XHR) is a JavaScript API to create HTTP requests.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Categories
Browser APIs › Rank #5
Browser APIs › Rank #2
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The XMLHttpRequest browser API is 1.9 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.
XMLHttpRequest is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Beacon API is more popular in Argentina, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
India
Russia
France
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.
- 🥇 Most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Seychelles in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Browser APIs category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
XMLHttpRequest is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business, while Beacon API is more commonly used on real estate, restaurants, and alcohol sites.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Business
Fashion/Beauty
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Health
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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