Polymer
Google, Mountain View, California, United StatesPolymer is a legacy open-source 
JavaScript library created by Google for building components based on Web Components standards.
The library introduced declarative custom elements, data binding, shadow DOM helpers, and reusable component packaging, and later evolved into the 
Lit project focused on lightweight and faster component development.
According to our data, Polymer is the third most popular website component on the web.
It has 11% of the component market share and is present on 0.6% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- </> Source code
💸 Pricing
Polymer is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Components
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 11%
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 63
- Market share: 0.8%
- Legacy
- Rank: 12
- Market share: 2.3%
🏆 Polymer Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Switzerland in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Israel in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Belgium in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Austria in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in New Zealand in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in South Africa in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Hong Kong in the Components category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Czech Republic in the Components category.
⚡ Sites Using Polymer
We have data on 20,156 websites that use Polymer component technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Polymer is 
youtube.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | youtube.com |
#4 | United States | English |
| 2 | m.youtube.com |
United States | English | |
| 3 | #1,184 | English | ||
| 4 | #3,104 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #3,213 | United States | English | |
| 6 | #4,052 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #6,031 | Germany | German | |
| 8 | #7,192 | New Zealand | English | |
| 9 | patents.google.com |
United States | English | |
| 10 | #8,771 | United States | English | |
| 11 | #14,240 | English | ||
| 12 |  aboutamazon.eu |
#15,026 | English | |
| 13 | #15,765 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 14 | #16,006 | Cook Islands | English | |
| 15 | #21,725 | English | ||
| 16 | #23,176 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #23,178 | English | ||
| 18 | #24,201 | Hungary | Hungarian | |
| 19 | #24,525 | South Africa | English | |
| 20 | #28,325 | Japan | Japanese |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Polymer:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Polymer are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan.
- United States 28.7%
- United Kingdom 7.7%
- Japan 5.3%
- Germany 4.8%
- Brazil 4.5%
- Canada 4.5%
- Australia 4.1%
- France 3.1%
- India 2.6%
- Other 34.7%
Most Polymer users speak English, German, or Spanish.
- English 67.6%
- German 5.7%
- Spanish 4.4%
- Japanese 4.1%
- Portuguese 4%
- French 3.6%
- Italian 1.5%
- Dutch 1.4%
- Hebrew 0.9%
- Other 6.8%
Polymer component technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 49.8%
- .org 10.7%
- .co.uk 3.1%
- .com.br 2.7%
- .de 2.6%
- .net 2.3%
- .com.au 2.2%
- .ca 1.7%
- .ch 1.5%
- Other 23.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Polymer include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 22.2%
- Marketing/Merchandising 15.5%
- Education/Reference 6.5%
- Entertainment 5.3%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4.4%
- Sports 4.3%
- Travel 3.8%
- Health 3.6%
- Restaurants 3.2%
- Other 31.2%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Polymer?
Polymer is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
Is Polymer free?
Yes, it is a free component technology.
It is also open source, and you can access its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Polymer the most?
The majority of Polymer users are from the United States.
Who uses Polymer?
According to our data, Polymer is used on thousands of sites, including youtube.com, m.youtube.com, and wiki.gg.
Is Polymer used on government websites?
Overall, we found Polymer on 14 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Polymer?
How does Polymer compare to its competitors?
Polymer is one of the most popular website components, second only to 
Normalize.css and 
AMP.
What are the alternatives to Polymer?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Polymer may include Lit, Loadable Components, and
Headless UI.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from Google
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,655,631 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.