🆚 HSTS vs. Redirect

📈 HSTS is twice as popular as Redirect.
🌎 HSTS is more popular in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
🌍 Redirect is more popular in Samoa, Grenada, and Mayotte.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

Type

Networking technology

About

The HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) standard is a web security mechanism that ensures a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS, preventing insecure HTTP access.

It is enforced through the Strict-Transport-Security response header, which defines a policy duration, can apply to all subdomains, automatically upgrades HTTP requests to HTTPS, and protects against protocol downgrade attacks and cookie hijacking.

Cross-domain redirection that sends visitors to a different domain.

Headquarters

Fremont, California, United States

Website

datatracker.ietf.org

developer.mozilla.org

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

HSTS networking technology is 2.4 times more popular than Redirect.

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 Redirect is more popular in Samoa, Grenada, and Mayotte.

United States

Germany

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Australia

Japan

Canada

Russia

Spain

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 Grenada in the Networking category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Cambodia in the Networking category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Belize in the Networking category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Liechtenstein in the Networking category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Samoa 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 Redirect is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Blogs/Wiki

Travel

Entertainment

Software/Hardware

Health

General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

Name

Rank

#33

#62

#74

#80

#81