🆚 Critters vs. Lazy loading

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

JavaScript library
Performance technology

About

Critters is a deprecated Webpack plugin that inlines your app's critical CSS and lazily loads the rest. It has been superseded by Beasties.

Native lazy loading is a technique to load non-critical images and iframes marked with the loading="lazy" attribute only when needed.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

JavaScript Libraries › Rank #163
Performance › Rank #23
Performance › Rank #1
Legacy › Rank #32

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Lazy loading performance technology is 340 times more popular than Critters.
Total websites

Market share

Performance

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lazy loading is more popular than Critters in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lazy loading is more popular than Critters in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Health
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#1,771
#1,858
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Name
Rank
xhamster.com
#24
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See also

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