🆚 Goodreads vs. LinkedIn

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 LinkedIn is much more popular than Goodreads.
🌍 LinkedIn is more popular in all countries.

Type

Social media platform

Social media platform

About

Goodreads is a book-based social media platform owned by Amazon.

LinkedIn is a business and employment-focused social media platform that enables professionals to network, search for jobs, share content, and engage with companies.

It offers professional profiles, company pages, job postings, and B2B marketing and recruiting tools for businesses. Premium members also gain access to LinkedIn Learning, an online education platform offering professional courses and skill development resources.

Headquarters

Seattle, Washington, United States

Mountain View, California, United States

Website

goodreads.com #134

linkedin.com #9

Pricing

Free ✔️

Free version ✔️

Premium Career$29.99/month

Premium Business$59.99/month

Recruiter Lite$170/month

Recruiter$835/month

Categories

Social Media › Rank #34

Social Media › Rank #4

Job Boards › Rank #1

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The LinkedIn social media platform is 338 times more popular than Goodreads.

Total websites

Market share

Social Media

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

LinkedIn is more popular than Goodreads in all countries.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

France

Netherlands

India

Spain

Italy

Australia

Canada

Awards

⬆️ 23rd most popular in the United States in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 23rd most popular in Vietnam in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 24th most popular in Canada in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 24th most popular in Australia in the Social Media category.
⬆️ 27th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Social Media category.

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Job Boards category.
🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Job Boards category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

LinkedIn is more popular than Goodreads in all market segments.

Business

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Health

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Software/Hardware

Blogs/Wiki

Finance/Banking

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#24,370

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#79,731

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Name

Rank

#7

#8

#9

#13

#16

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Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
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