🆚 Cookies vs. ETag
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Cookies is twice as popular as ETag.
- 🌎 Cookies is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 ETag is more popular in Saint Helena, Liberia, and Anguilla.
CookiesType
Networking technology
Networking technology
About
Cookies are small pieces of data that a website sends to a visitor's web browser when they visit.
The ETag HTTP response header is an identifier for a specific version of a resource that is used for cache validation.
Headquarters
Fremont, California, United States
Fremont, California, United States
Categories
Networking › Rank #3
Networking › Rank #5
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Cookies networking technology is 2 times more popular than ETag.
Total websites
Market share
Networking
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Cookies is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while ETag is more popular in Saint Helena, Liberia, and Anguilla.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
Russia
France
Netherlands
China
Italy
Spain
Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in China in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Seychelles in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Guernsey in the Networking category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in China in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Argentina in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Colombia in the Networking category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Cookies is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while ETag is more commonly used on sports, public information, and technical information sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Health
Software/Hardware
Travel
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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