🆚 Google Play Books vs. Scribd

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Ebook technology
Social media platform

About

Google Play Books is a digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase.

It claims to host one of the world's largest ebook collections with over five million titles, supports cross-device syncing, offline reading, and sharing of purchases within a Family Library.

Scribd is a digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents.

It offers offline reading and listening, highlights and personal notes, curated browsing with editorial and algorithmic recommendations, and custom lists of titles.

Headquarters

Mountain View, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
Free version ✔️Ad supported, no downloads
Premium$9.99/month

Categories

Ebooks › Rank #5
Ebooks › Rank #4
Audiobooks › Rank #3
Social Media › Rank #52
Science And Research › Rank #6

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Scribd social media platform is 1.1 times more popular than Google Play Books.
Total websites

Market share

Ebooks

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Scribd is more popular in Germany, India, and Spain, while Google Play Books is more popular in the United States, Indonesia, and Canada.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
India
Spain
Indonesia
Vietnam
Canada
Australia
Greece

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Scribd is more popular among sites focused on education and reference, Internet services, and business, while Google Play Books is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, marketing and merchandising, and personal pages sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Internet Services
Business
General News
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Religion/Ideology
Personal Pages

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#62,231
#68,590
#101,127
#121,778
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Name
Rank
#14,189
#98,468
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See also

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