🆚 ETag vs. HTTP 2+

📈 HTTP 2+ is four times more popular than ETag.
🌎 HTTP 2+ is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 ETag is more popular in the British Virgin Islands, DPR Korea, and Bouvet Island.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

♯ ETag

HTTP 2+

Type

Networking technology

About

The ETag HTTP response header is an identifier for a specific version of a resource that is used for cache validation.

HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) is an application-layer protocol used to transfer resources such as HTML documents, images, and other web content, forming the foundation of data communication in web browsers.

It uses a stateless request-response model between clients and servers, defines standard request methods such as GET and POST, uses headers for metadata and caching control, and typically operates over TCP or TLS in the case of HTTPS.

Headquarters

Fremont, California, United States

Website

datatracker.ietf.org

httpwg.org/specs/ #2,480,735

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

HTTP 2+ networking technology is 4 times more popular than ETag.

Total websites

Market share

Networking

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

HTTP 2+ is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while ETag is more popular in the British Virgin Islands, DPR Korea, and Bouvet Island.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Netherlands

Italy

Spain

Australia

Russia

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Networking category.
🥉 Third most popular in Liberia in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Japan in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in China in the Networking category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Argentina in the Networking category.

🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Cambodia in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Saint Helena in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Palau in the Networking category.
🥇 Most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Networking category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

HTTP 2+ is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and blogs and wiki, while ETag is more commonly used on sports sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Health

Software/Hardware

General News

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#11

#13

#29

#52

#55

Name

Rank