🆚 Facebook Like Box vs. Twitter Timeline

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Twitter Timeline is three times more popular than Facebook Like Box.
🌎 Twitter Timeline is more popular in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
🌎 Facebook Like Box is more popular in Poland, Brazil, and the Czech Republic.

Facebook Like Box

Twitter Timeline

Type

Widget

About

The Facebook Like Box was a plugin that allowed admins to promote their Facebook Pages and embed a simple feed of content from a Page into other sites. Deprecated in favor of the Facebook Page Plugin.

Twitter Timeline widgets are an easy way to embed Tweets on your website in a compact, linear view. You can choose between a profile timeline, which displays the latest tweets from an X account, or a list timeline, which displays a curated list of tweets from your favorite X accounts.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States

Bastrop, Texas, United States

Website

developers.facebook.com

developer.twitter.com

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Twitter Timeline widget is 2.9 times more popular than Facebook Like Box.

Total websites

Market share

Widgets

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Twitter Timeline is more popular in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom, while Facebook Like Box is more popular in Poland, Brazil, and the Czech Republic.

Japan

United States

United Kingdom

Spain

France

Italy

India

Germany

Canada

Poland

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in Azerbaijan in the Widgets category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Poland in the Widgets category.
⭐ 6th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Widgets category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Hungary in the Widgets category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Poland in the Legacy category.

🥇 Most popular in Venezuela in the Widgets category.
🥇 Most popular in Uganda in the Widgets category.
🥇 Most popular in Rwanda in the Widgets category.
🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Widgets category.
🥈 Second most popular in Paraguay in the Widgets category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Twitter Timeline is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, business, and entertainment, while Facebook Like Box is more commonly used on forum, bulletin boards, real estate, and technical, business forums sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Business

Entertainment

Education/Reference

Sports

Marketing/Merchandising

General News

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Online Shopping

Travel