🆚 Web Storage vs. WebSocket
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 Web Storage is much more popular than WebSocket.
- 🌍 Web Storage is more popular in all countries.
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Browser API
Browser API
About
Web storage is a browser API and client-side key-value database that allows websites to store persistent data on users' devices.
The WebSocket API enables full-duplex communication between a web browser and a web server.
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Fremont, California, United States
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Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Web Storage browser API is 38 times more popular than WebSocket.
Total websites
Market share
Browser APIs
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Web Storage is more popular than WebSocket in all countries.
United States
United Kingdom
Germany
France
Japan
Spain
Italy
Netherlands
Australia
Brazil
Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Browser APIs category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Kazakhstan in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Russia in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Ukraine in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Belarus in the Browser APIs category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Iran in the Browser APIs category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Web Storage is more popular than WebSocket in all market segments.
Business
Online Shopping
Blogs/Wiki
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Entertainment
General News
Health
Sports
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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