🆚 IndieAuth vs. Onion

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
IndieAuth
Onion

Type

Standard
Standard

About

IndieAuth is a decentralized identity protocol built on top of OAuth 2.0.

Onion sites are websites on the dark web that use the .onion top-level domain and are only accessible through online routing through Tor.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

indieauth.net/
community.torproject.org

Categories

Standards › Rank #50
Standards › Rank #45

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Onion is 3 times more popular than IndieAuth.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Onion is more popular in Russia, the United States, and Germany, while IndieAuth is more popular in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.
Russia
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Netherlands
Moldova
Sweden
Finland
Canada

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Onion is more popular among sites focused on general news, Internet services, and business, while IndieAuth is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, technical, business forums, and personal pages sites.
General News
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Business
Politics/Opinion
Software/Hardware
Finance/Banking
Education/Reference
Technical/Business Forums
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#20,787
#112,546
#212,185
#470,870
#471,935
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Rank
#12
xhamster.com
#24
#38
#55
xhamster.desi
#107
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See also

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