🆚 CSP vs. HSTS

📈 HSTS is noticeably more popular than CSP.
🌎 HSTS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 CSP is more popular in India, Argentina, and Pakistan.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

CSP

HSTS

Type

Networking technology

About

The Content-Security-Policy HTTP response header and meta tag are used to control what resources a given page can load.

The HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) standard is a web security mechanism that ensures a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS, preventing insecure HTTP access.

It is enforced through the Strict-Transport-Security response header, which defines a policy duration, can apply to all subdomains, automatically upgrades HTTP requests to HTTPS, and protects against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Fremont, California, United States

Website

w3.org/TR/CSP/ #12,884

datatracker.ietf.org

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

HSTS networking technology is 1.8 times more popular than CSP.

Total websites

Market share

Networking

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

HSTS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while CSP is more popular in India, Argentina, and Pakistan.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

India

Australia

Canada

Japan

Brazil

Awards

🥉 Third most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in India in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Pakistan in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Lithuania in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands 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.

HSTS is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and education and reference, while CSP is more commonly used on fashion and beauty sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Blogs/Wiki

Health

Travel

Software/Hardware

Finance/Banking

Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank