🆚 Micropub vs. OpenPGP

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 OpenPGP is twice as popular as Micropub.
🌎 OpenPGP is more popular in Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
🌎 Micropub is more popular in Canada, Brazil, and Australia.

Type

Standard

About

Micropub is an HTTP-based client-server protocol used to create, update, and delete posts on servers using third-party clients.

OpenPGP is a non-proprietary protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

w3.org/TR/micropub/ #12,884

openpgp.org #312,106

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

OpenPGP is 2 times more popular than Micropub.

Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

OpenPGP is more popular in Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom, while Micropub is more popular in Canada, Brazil, and Australia.

Germany

United States

United Kingdom

Netherlands

France

Canada

Japan

Brazil

Sweden

Finland

Awards

⬆️ 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.

OpenPGP is more popular among sites focused on blogs and wiki, personal pages, and software and hardware, while Micropub is more commonly used on technical, business forums and technical information sites.

Blogs/Wiki

Personal Pages

Software/Hardware

Internet Services

Politics/Opinion

Technical/Business Forums

Technical Information

Information Security

Finance/Banking

Education/Reference