🆚 HTML vs. RSD

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

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About

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a markup language used to create web pages and is the de facto standard for documents displayed in web browsers.

It defines the structure of web content using elements for text, links, images, forms, tables, and embedded media, organizes documents into a hierarchical DOM, and enables hyperlinking between pages, which is a fundamental mechanism of the World Wide Web.

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Really Simple Discovery (RSD) is an XML format that helps client software find the services needed to read, edit, or "work with" weblogging software.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

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Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

HTML is 2.8 times more popular than RSD.
Total websites

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Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

HTML is more popular than RSD in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Italy
Spain
Netherlands
Australia
Russia

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

HTML is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and blogs and wiki, while RSD is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, travel, and recreation and hobbies sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Health
Marketing/Merchandising
General News
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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