🆚 Cookies vs. HSTS
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Cookies is slightly more popular than HSTS.
- 🌎 Cookies is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 HSTS is more popular in Switzerland, Finland, and Isle of Man.
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 HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) standard ensures that a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS.
Headquarters
Fremont, California, United States
Fremont, California, United States
Categories
Networking › Rank #3
Networking › Rank #4
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
Cookies networking technology is 1.4 times more popular than HSTS.
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 HSTS is more popular in Switzerland, Finland, and Isle of Man.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Russia
Japan
Netherlands
China
Italy
Australia
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 Vatican in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Switzerland in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Finland in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Isle of Man in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Saint Helena 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 education and reference, while HSTS is more commonly used on finance and banking, general news, and public information sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Entertainment
Health
Software/Hardware
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
HTTP 2+
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