🆚 Prefetch vs. Prerender

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
Prefetch
Prerender

Type

Performance technology
Performance technology

About

The rel="prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements.

The rel="prerender" attribute on HTML <link> elements.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

html.spec.whatwg.org
developer.chrome.com

Categories

Performance › Rank #8
Performance › Rank #22
Standards › Rank #17
Standards › Rank #34

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Prefetch performance technology is 13 times more popular than Prerender.
Total websites

Market share

Performance
Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Prefetch is more popular than Prerender in all countries.
United States
Vietnam
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Japan
Netherlands
Spain
Australia
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Prefetch is more popular than Prerender in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Fashion/Beauty
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Travel
Sports

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#14
#34
#88
#199
#222
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Name
Rank
#5,406
#6,629
#6,637
#7,094
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