🆚 DNS Prefetch vs. Lazy loading

Type

Performance optimization technology
Performance optimization technology

About

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

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

Headquarters

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

Website

Categories

Performance Optimization › Rank #2
Performance Optimization › Rank #1
Standards › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Lazy loading performance optimization technology is 1.1 times more popular than DNS Prefetch.
Total websites

Market share

Performance Optimization

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lazy loading is more popular in the United States, Germany, and France, while DNS Prefetch is more popular in the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
France
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lazy loading is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while DNS Prefetch is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, entertainment, and technical, business forums sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Travel
Health
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#12
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