🆚 JSON vs. oEmbed

📈 JSON is noticeably more popular than oEmbed.
🌎 JSON is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 oEmbed is more popular in Libya, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Comoros.

Statistics based on 3.9M+ analyzed websites. About this data

JSON

oEmbed

Type

Standard

About

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight, language-independent data exchange format derived from JavaScript and used to structure and transmit data between systems.

It represents data as key-value pairs and ordered arrays, supports various data types, and is widely used in web APIs, configuration files, and data storage.

oEmbed is an open format that allows websites to embed representations of external URLs such as videos, images, and posts from third-party services.

It defines a simple API that returns structured metadata in JSON or XML for generating content previews, and supports multiple content types including video, photo, link, and rich embeds.

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States

Website

json.org #1,023,599

oembed.com

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

JSON is 1.3 times more popular than oEmbed.

Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

JSON is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while oEmbed is more popular in Libya, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Comoros.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

Spain

France

Italy

Japan

Australia

Netherlands

Canada

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in Kenya in the Standards category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Uganda in the Standards category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Ghana in the Standards category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Zimbabwe in the Standards category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Jamaica in the Standards category.

⭐ 4th most popular in Libya in the Standards category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Guinea in the Standards category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Switzerland in the Standards category.
⭐ 6th most popular in South Africa in the Standards category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Finland in the Standards category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

JSON is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping, while oEmbed is more commonly used on recreation and hobbies, and art, culture and heritage sites.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Online Shopping

Blogs/Wiki

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Health

Entertainment

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#13

Name

Rank

#37

#239

#249

#354

#463