🆚 Cookies vs. HTTP 2+

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 HTTP 2+ is twice as popular as Cookies.
🌎 HTTP 2+ is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Cookies is more popular in China, Korea, and the British Virgin Islands.

HTTP 2+

Type

Networking technology

About

Cookies are small pieces of data that a website sends to a visitor's web browser when they visit.

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application-layer protocol used to transfer resources such as HTML documents, images, and other web content, forming the foundation of data communication in web browsers.

It uses a stateless request-response model between clients and servers, defines standard request methods such as GET and POST, uses headers for metadata and caching control, and typically operates over TCP or TLS in the case of HTTPS.

Modern versions such as HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 improve performance by introducing multiplexing over a single connection, header compression, and, in HTTP/3, QUIC over UDP to reduce latency and eliminate head-of-line blocking.

Headquarters

Fremont, California, United States

Website

httpwg.org #2,480,735

httpwg.org/specs/ #2,480,735

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

HTTP 2+ networking technology is 1.9 times more popular than Cookies.

Total websites

Market share

Networking

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

HTTP 2+ is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while Cookies is more popular in China, Korea, and the British Virgin Islands.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Netherlands

Russia

Italy

Spain

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.

🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Cambodia in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Saint Helena in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Palau in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Networking category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

HTTP 2+ is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Cookies is more commonly used on travel sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Entertainment

Health

Software/Hardware

General News