🆚 DNS Prefetch vs. Lazysizes

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Performance technology
JavaScript library

About

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

Lazysizes is a fast lazy loader library for images, iframes, and scripts/widgets.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Berlin, Germany

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Performance › Rank #2
Performance › Rank #6
Standards › Rank #6
JavaScript Libraries › Rank #29

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

DNS Prefetch performance technology is 11 times more popular than Lazysizes.
Total websites

Market share

Performance

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

DNS Prefetch is more popular than Lazysizes 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 among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while Lazysizes is more commonly used on fashion and beauty, travel, and real estate sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
General News
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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