🆚 GraphQL vs. Markdown

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
GraphQL
Markdown

Type

Standard
Standard

About

GraphQL is a data query and manipulation language for APIs typically used for remote client-server communications.

Markdown is a markup language used to add formatting to plain text documents.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Website

graphql.org #462,905
daringfireball.net #210,183

Categories

Standards › Rank #20
Standards › Rank #31

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

GraphQL is 4 times more popular than Markdown.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

GraphQL is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Markdown is more popular in Japan, China, and Saint Helena.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
Netherlands
France
Australia
Norway
Sweden
Poland
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

GraphQL is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Markdown is more commonly used on technical information and technical, business forums sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Fashion/Beauty
Education/Reference
Software/Hardware
Travel
Health
Entertainment

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#2
#5
#19
#23
#40
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Name
Rank
#543
#1,304
#2,266
#2,326
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