🆚 Facebook Like vs. Facebook Like Box

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Social sharing tool
Widget

About

The Facebook Like Button for the Web is a widget that can be integrated into a website to enable visitors to "Like" posts on Facebook.

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.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States
Menlo Park, California, United States

Website

Categories

Social Sharing › Rank #5
Widgets › Rank #6
Widgets › Rank #16
Legacy › Rank #20

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Facebook Like social sharing tool is 4 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.

Facebook Like is more popular in the United States, Japan, and Poland, while Facebook Like Box is more popular in Mozambique, Libya, and Tajikistan.
United States
Japan
Poland
France
United Kingdom
Italy
Germany
Spain
Czech Republic
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Facebook Like is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, marketing and merchandising, and entertainment, while Facebook Like Box is more commonly used on recreation and hobbies sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Online Shopping
Business
Education/Reference
Travel
Internet Services
General News
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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Rank
#341
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#3,152
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See also

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