🆚 CSS vs. RSD

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Standard
Standard

About

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to control the presentation of HTML and XML documents, defining layout, colors, typography, and responsive behavior across different devices.

It uses a cascading and specificity model to resolve style conflicts, supports reusable rules and selectors, and includes layout systems such as Flexbox and Grid, media queries for responsive design, and features for animations, transformations, and advanced text formatting.

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Really Simple Discovery (RSD) is an XML format that helps client software find the services needed to read, edit, or "work with" weblogging software.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

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Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

CSS is 2.8 times more popular than RSD.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

CSS is more popular than RSD in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Italy
Spain
Netherlands
Australia
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

CSS is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while RSD is more commonly used on travel, recreation and hobbies, and art, culture and heritage sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
General News
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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