🆚 Socket.io vs. WebTorrent

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Socket.io is much more popular than WebTorrent.
🌍 Socket.io is more popular in all countries.

Socket.io

WebTorrent

Type

JavaScript library

About

Socket.IO is a library that enables real-time, bidirectional and event-based communication between the browser and the server.

WebTorrent is a streaming torrent client for Node.js and the browser.

Website

socket.io #648,736

webtorrent.io #1,358,093

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Socket.io JavaScript library is 482 times more popular than WebTorrent.

Total websites

Market share

JavaScript Libraries

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Socket.io is more popular than WebTorrent in all countries.

United States

Russia

Germany

India

Brazil

Canada

France

Vietnam

Netherlands

United Kingdom

Awards

⬆️ 95th most popular in Russia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 95th most popular in Vietnam in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 120th most popular in Indonesia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 120th most popular in Korea in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⬆️ 132nd most popular in Thailand in the JavaScript Libraries category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Socket.io is more popular than WebTorrent in all market segments.

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Finance/Banking

Internet Services

Education/Reference

Online Shopping

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

General News

Games

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#696

#2,231

#2,301

#2,970

#2,992

Name

Rank

#47,978

#101,957

#236,325

#447,902

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