🆚 Markdown vs. RSD

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
Markdown
RSD

Type

Standard
Standard

About

Markdown is a markup language used to add formatting to plain text documents.

Really Simple Discovery (RSD) is an XML format that helps client software find the services needed to read, edit, or "work with" weblogging software.

Headquarters

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Website

daringfireball.net #210,183
cyber.harvard.edu

Categories

Standards › Rank #31
Standards › Rank #5

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

RSD is 125 times more popular than Markdown.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

RSD is more popular than Markdown in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
France
Japan
Australia
Netherlands
Brazil

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

RSD is more popular than Markdown in all market segments.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Entertainment
Online Shopping
Travel
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#543
#1,304
#2,266
#2,326
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Name
Rank
#83
#310
#447
#556
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