🆚 DNS Prefetch vs. ESI

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
DNS Prefetch
ESI

Type

Performance technology
Standard

About

The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements.

Edge Side Includes (ESI) is a simple markup language used to define web page components for dynamic assembly and delivery of web applications at the edge of the Internet.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

html.spec.whatwg.org
w3.org/TR/esi-lang/ #12,884

Categories

Performance › Rank #2
Standards › Rank #6
Standards › Rank #47

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

DNS Prefetch performance technology is 2,291 times more popular than ESI.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

DNS Prefetch is more popular than ESI in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Australia
Netherlands
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

DNS Prefetch is more popular than ESI in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
General News
Health
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#3
#7
#12
#13
#14
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Name
Rank
#451
#1,981
#2,616
#3,341
#4,352
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