🆚 HSTS vs. QUIC
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 HSTS is four times more popular than QUIC.
- 🌎 HSTS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- 🌍 QUIC is more popular in Turkey, Vietnam, and Iran.
QUICType
Networking technology
Networking technology
About
The HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) standard ensures that a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS.
QUIC is a multiplexed transport layer network protocol built on top of UDP, originally developed at Google.
Headquarters
Fremont, California, United States
Fremont, California, United States
Categories
Networking › Rank #4
Networking › Rank #8
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
HSTS networking technology is 4 times more popular than QUIC.
Total websites
Market share
Networking
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
HSTS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, while QUIC is more popular in Turkey, Vietnam, and Iran.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Netherlands
France
Australia
India
Canada
Spain
Japan
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vatican in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Switzerland in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Finland in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Isle of Man in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Saint Helena in the Networking category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Turkey in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Vietnam in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Romania in the Networking category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Slovenia in the Networking category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
HSTS is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and education and reference, while QUIC is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, and sports sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Travel
Entertainment
Health
Software/Hardware
Finance/Banking
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
HTTP 2+
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