🆚 Text vs. XFN
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 XFN is much more popular than Text.
- 🌍 XFN is more popular in all countries.
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About
The plain text document format.
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 51 times more popular than Text.
Total websites
Market share
Standards
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
XFN is more popular than Text in all countries.
United States
Germany
United Kingdom
France
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
India
Awards
- 🔥 18th most popular in China in the Standards category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Hong Kong in the Standards category.
- 🔥 19th most popular in Belgium in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Japan in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Iran in the Standards category.
- ⭐ 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 Text 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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