🆚 Google URL Shortener vs. Material Design Lite

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Google URL Shortener is much more popular than Material Design Lite.
🌍 Google URL Shortener is more popular in all countries.

Google URL Shortener

Material Design Lite

Type

Legacy technology

User interface framework

About

Google URL Shortener is a deprecated link service from Google.

Material Design Lite (MDL) is a legacy user interface framework that implements Material Design components using plain CSS, JavaScript, and HTML without external dependencies.

It provides a set of ready-made UI components, such as buttons, layouts, cards, menus, sliders, and dialogs, a responsive grid system, and automatic component upgrading via JavaScript.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

getmdl.io #142,905

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Categories

Legacy › Rank #3

Legacy › Rank #44

UI Frameworks › Rank #22

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Google URL Shortener legacy technology is 58 times more popular than Material Design Lite.

Total websites

Market share

Legacy

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Google URL Shortener is more popular than Material Design Lite in all countries.

United States

Japan

Spain

Australia

Germany

India

Italy

Brazil

United Kingdom

Canada

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Taiwan in the Legacy category.
🥇 Most popular in Paraguay in the Legacy category.
🥇 Most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Legacy category.
🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Legacy category.
🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Legacy category.

⭐ 10th most popular in Vietnam in the UI Frameworks category.
🔥 11st most popular in Spain in the UI Frameworks category.
🔥 12nd most popular in Ukraine in the UI Frameworks category.
🔥 13rd most popular in Turkey in the UI Frameworks category.
🔥 14th most popular in Italy in the UI Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Google URL Shortener is more popular than Material Design Lite in all market segments.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Health

Travel

Internet Services

Real Estate

Sports

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#127

#418

moneycontrol.com

#434

#531

#601

Name

Rank

#630

mydramalist.com

#642

#2,155

adorocinema.com

#2,688

#3,558

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Statistics were last calculated on March 31, 2026.
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