🆚 Web Storage vs. XMLHttpRequest

Web Storage is a browser API that provides client-side key-value storage for websites, allowing data to be stored directly in a user's web browser.

It stores data as strings associated with a website's origin, offers significantly larger storage capacity than cookies, and consists of the localStorage and sessionStorage interfaces.

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XMLHttpRequest (XHR) is a JavaScript API for sending HTTP and HTTPS requests and receiving data from web servers without reloading the current page.

It supports both synchronous and asynchronous communication, allows monitoring of upload and download progress, and can exchange data in formats such as text, XML, JSON, and binary content.

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Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

• 🥇 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.

• 🥇 Most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Browser APIs category.
• 🥇 Most popular in Seychelles in the Browser APIs category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Browser APIs category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in Germany in the Browser APIs category.
• 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Browser APIs category.

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

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