⚡ Compression in the United States

HTTP compression allows web servers to reduce the size of transmitted data using algorithms like Gzip and Brotli, decreasing bandwidth usage and improving page load speed by compressing text-based resources such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript before sending them to the client.

The United States of America (USA) is a North American country with a population of over 341 million people.

According to our research, compression technologies are used on 54% of websites from the United States.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top compression technologies in the United States in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Gzip with an impressive share of 50.7%, followed by Brotli with 49.6% and 🛠️ Deflate with 0.07%.

Gzip 50.7%
Brotli 49.6%
🛠️ Deflate 0.07%

✨ Best Compression Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 3 compression technologies used on sites from the United States, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Gzip Boston, Massachusetts, United States A file compression technology used to reduce file size and save bandwidth.	50.7%
2	Brotli Mountain View, California, United States A lossless compression algorithm that provides one of the best compression ratios.	49.6%
3	🛠️ Deflate A lossless data compression algorithm that uses a combination of the LZ77 algorithm and Huffman coding.	0.07%

👉 See Also

🌎 Compression in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 543,806 websites from the United States.
Statistics were last calculated on March 20, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.