🆚 JSON Web Token vs. OpenPGP
- 📈 JSON Web Token is much more popular than OpenPGP.
- 🌍 JSON Web Token is more popular in all countries.
- ⭐ OpenPGP is particularly popular in Germany.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
JSON Web TokenType
Standard
Standard
About
JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a 
JSON object.
OpenPGP is a non-proprietary protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography.
Headquarters
Fremont, California, United States
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
JSON Web Token is 14 times more popular than OpenPGP.
Total websites
Market share
Standards
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
JSON Web Token is more popular than OpenPGP in all countries.
Russia
Germany
United States
France
Norway
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Austria
Switzerland
Italy
Awards
- 🔥 20th most popular in Norway in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Russia in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 26th most popular in Vietnam in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 30th most popular in Austria in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 32nd most popular in Turkey 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.
JSON Web Token is more popular than OpenPGP in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Travel
Public Information
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Blogs/Wiki
Entertainment
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
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OpenID
IndieAuth
IETF company profile🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.