🆚 Preload vs. Speculation Rules

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

Type

Performance technology
Performance technology

About

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

The Speculation Rules API is used to improve navigation performance by prefetching or even prerendering future navigations.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Mountain View, California, United States

Website

Categories

Performance › Rank #4
Performance › Rank #5
Standards › Rank #9
Standards › Rank #11

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

Preload performance technology is 1.4 times more popular than Speculation Rules.
Total websites

Market share

Performance
Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Preload is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Speculation Rules is more popular in Pakistan, the Philippines, and Nigeria.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Spain
Netherlands
Japan
Australia
Italy
India

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Preload is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising, while Speculation Rules is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, non-profit, advocacy and NGO, and recreation and hobbies sites.
Business
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Internet Services
Travel
Entertainment
Health
General News

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#12
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