🆚 IndieAuth vs. OpenPGP

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 OpenPGP is slightly more popular than IndieAuth.
🌎 OpenPGP is more popular in Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands.
🌍 IndieAuth is more popular in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

IndieAuth

OpenPGP

Type

Standard

About

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

OpenPGP is a non-proprietary protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

indieauth.net/

openpgp.org #312,106

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

OpenPGP is 1.1 times more popular than IndieAuth.

Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

OpenPGP is more popular in Germany, the United States, and the Netherlands, while IndieAuth is more popular in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

Germany

United States

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Canada

France

Australia

Sweden

Japan

Spain

Awards

⬆️ 43rd most popular in the United Kingdom in the Standards category.
⬆️ 46th most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
⬆️ 50th most popular in the United States in the Standards category.

⬆️ 42nd most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
⬆️ 49th most popular in the United States in the Standards category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

OpenPGP is more popular among sites focused on personal pages, software and hardware, and Internet services, while IndieAuth is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, technical, business forums, and forum, bulletin boards sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Personal Pages

Software/Hardware

Internet Services

Technical/Business Forums

Politics/Opinion

Forum/Bulletin Boards

Entertainment

Technical Information

Education/Reference