🆚 XML vs. YAML

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *
XML
YAML

Type

Standard
Standard

About

Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data.

YAML is a data serialization language designed to be human friendly and work well with modern programming languages for common everyday tasks.

Headquarters

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Website

w3.org/XML/ #12,884
yaml.org #1,123,508

Categories

Standards › Rank #28
Standards › Rank #14

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

YAML is 9 times more popular than XML.
Total websites

Market share

Standards

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

YAML is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while XML is more popular in Japan, the Czech Republic, and Iran.
United States
United Kingdom
Japan
Germany
Australia
India
Netherlands
Canada
France
Italy

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

YAML is more popular than XML in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Marketing/Merchandising
Fashion/Beauty
Business
Education/Reference
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Internet Services
Sports
Software/Hardware

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
#940
#1,010
#1,288
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Name
Rank
#49
#70
#76
#134
#340
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