🆚 Fetch vs. WebSocket
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Fetch is much more popular than WebSocket.
- 🌎 Fetch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- 🌍 WebSocket is more popular in the Cayman Islands, San Marino, and Turkmenistan.
Fetch
WebSocketType
Browser API
Browser API
About
Fetch is a modern XMLHttpRequest alternative for fetching network resources.
The WebSocket API enables full-duplex communication between a web browser and a web server.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Fremont, California, United States
Categories
Browser APIs › Rank #3
Browser APIs › Rank #7
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Fetch browser API is 7 times more popular than WebSocket.
Total websites
Market share
Browser APIs
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Fetch is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while WebSocket is more popular in the Cayman Islands, San Marino, and Turkmenistan.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
India
Brazil
France
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
Spain
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in India in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Turkey in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Kazakhstan in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Russia in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Ukraine in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Belarus in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Iran in the Browser APIs category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Fetch is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, business, and marketing and merchandising, while WebSocket is more commonly used on finance and banking, non-profit, advocacy and NGO, and government and military sites.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Fashion/Beauty
Internet Services
General News
Education/Reference
Travel
Entertainment
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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