🆚 IPFS vs. Onion

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Standard
Standard

About

The Interplanetary File System (IPFS) is a peer-to-peer protocol for storing and accessing files and websites in a decentralized file system.

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

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

Categories

Standards › Rank #52
Standards › Rank #45

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Onion is 13 times more popular than IPFS.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Onion is more popular than IPFS in all countries.
Russia
United States
Germany
France
Netherlands
Moldova
United Kingdom
Sweden
Finland
Iceland

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 blogs and wiki, while IPFS is more commonly used on sports sites.
General News
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Business
Finance/Banking
Politics/Opinion
Software/Hardware
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Education/Reference
Resource Sharing

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#69,948
#165,613
#206,318
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Name
Rank
#12
xhamster.com
#24
xhamster.desi
#107
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See also

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