🆚 Micropub vs. XFN
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 XFN is much more popular than Micropub.
- 🌍 XFN is more popular in all countries.
Micropub
XFNType
Standard
Standard
About
Micropub is an HTTP-based client-server protocol used to create, update, and delete posts on servers using third-party clients.
XHTML Friends Network (XFN) is an HTML microformat that provides a simple way to represent human relationships using links.
Headquarters
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
XFN is 6,641 times more popular than Micropub.
Total websites
Market share
Standards
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
XFN is more popular than Micropub in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
India
Awards
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Bhutan in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Iran in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Nigeria in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Kenya in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Standards category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
XFN is more popular than Micropub in all market segments.
Business
Blogs/Wiki
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Online Shopping
Entertainment
Travel
Health
Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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