🆚 IPFS vs. Webmention

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.

Webmention is a simple protocol to notify any URL when a website links to it, and for web pages to request notifications when somebody links to them.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

Categories

Standards › Rank #52
Standards › Rank #39

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Webmention is 38 times more popular than IPFS.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Webmention is more popular than IPFS in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Canada
Netherlands
Australia
Sweden
India
Spain

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Webmention is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, technical, business forums, and business, while IPFS is more commonly used on finance and banking sites.
Blogs/Wiki
Technical/Business Forums
Business
Internet Services
General News
Entertainment
Games
Personal Pages
Sports
Technical Information

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#69,948
#165,613
#206,318
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Name
Rank
#13,052
#16,292
#16,434
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