🆚 DNS Prefetch vs. Speculation Rules

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Performance technology
Performance technology

About

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

The Speculation Rules API is used to improve navigation performance by prefetching or even prerendering future navigations.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Categories

Performance › Rank #2
Performance › Rank #5
Standards › Rank #6
Standards › Rank #11

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

DNS Prefetch performance technology is 2.2 times more popular than Speculation Rules.
Total websites

Market share

Performance
Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

DNS Prefetch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, while Speculation Rules is more popular in Vatican, the Central African Republic, and Mayotte.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
France
Spain
Italy
Australia
Netherlands
India

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 Speculation Rules is more commonly used on travel and recreation and hobbies 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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Rank
#12
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