🆚 Brotli vs. Gzip
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Gzip is slightly more popular than Brotli.
- 🌎 Gzip is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Japan.
- 🌍 Brotli is more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
Brotli
GzipType
Compression technology
Compression technology
About
Brotli, developed by Google, is a lossless compression algorithm that provides one of the best compression ratios.
Gzip is a file compression technology used to reduce file size and save bandwidth.
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, United States
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
gnu.orgCategories
Compression › Rank #2
Compression › Rank #1
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Gzip compression technology is 1.2 times more popular than Brotli.
Total websites
Market share
Compression
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Gzip is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Japan, while Brotli is more popular in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Netherlands
China
Italy
Spain
Russia
Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in China in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Compression category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Russia in the Compression category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Gzip is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and entertainment, while Brotli is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, blogs and wiki, and online shopping sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Health
Software/Hardware
General News
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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