🛠️ Deflate

IETF, Fremont, California, United States

Deflate is a lossless data compression algorithm that combines the LZ77 sliding window technique with Huffman coding to reduce data size efficiently.

It compresses data by replacing repeated byte sequences with references and encoding symbols with variable-length codes, forming the basis of formats such as Gzip and Zlib, typically achieving size reductions comparable to 50 to 70 percent for text-based content.

According to our data, Deflate is the third most popular compression technology on the web.
It has 0.06% of the compression market share and is detected on 0.01% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Deflate Awards

⚡ Sites Using Deflate

We have data on 421 websites that use Deflate compression technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Deflate is aaaai.org.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 aaaai.org #19,075 United States American English
2 stooq.pl #22,441 Poland Polish
3 nait.ca #23,268 Canada American English
4 mandela.ac.za #23,895 South Africa English
5 kudyznudy.cz #28,254 Czech Republic Czech
6 delphiforums.com #32,381 English
7 ford.com.tr #33,358 Turkey Turkish
8 bullion-rates.com #58,469 English
9 archambault.ca #62,300 Canada French
10 ping.com #65,600 United States English
11 amtrustfinancial.com #73,070 United States English
12 cgpbooks.co.uk #75,147 United Kingdom English
13 conseq.cz #76,803 Czech Republic Czech
14 bnccompras.com #95,968 Portuguese
15 aai.org #98,508 United States English
16 cort.com #105,282 United States English
17 trees.org.uk #111,905 United Kingdom English
18 tiranatimes.com #113,227 Albania American English
19 rataufdraht.at #120,162 Austria Austrian German
20 myweather2.com #120,798 United Kingdom English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Deflate:

Most of the sites using Deflate are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Vietnam.

  • United States 23.4%
  • United Kingdom 9.4%
  • Vietnam 5.9%
  • Netherlands 4.4%
  • Czech Republic 4.2%
  • Australia 3.2%
  • Canada 3.2%
  • Germany 3.2%
  • Turkey 3.2%
  • Other 39.9%

Most Deflate users speak English, Vietnamese, or German.

  • English 52.3%
  • Vietnamese 6.1%
  • German 4.7%
  • Spanish 4.7%
  • Portuguese 3.2%
  • Czech 3.2%
  • Turkish 3.2%
  • Persian 3.2%
  • Italian 2.5%
  • Other 16.9%

Deflate compression technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 39.9%
  • .org 7.4%
  • .cz 3.3%
  • .net 3.1%
  • .co.uk 2.9%
  • .de 2.1%
  • .it 2.1%
  • .ca 1.9%
  • .vn 1.9%
  • Other 35.4%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Deflate include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 19.5%
  • Education/Reference 13.6%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 11%
  • Health 10.2%
  • Finance/Banking 6.8%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 6.8%
  • Online Shopping 5.1%
  • Fashion/Beauty 3.4%
  • General News 2.5%
  • Other 21.1%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Deflate alternatives.

RankName
1
Gzip
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

A file compression technology based on the Deflate algorithm that adds headers and a checksum for data integrity while reducing the size of HTTP responses sent from servers to browsers.
2
Brotli
Mountain View, California, United States

A lossless compression algorithm developed by Google that uses LZ77, Huffman coding, and context modeling to achieve higher data density than Gzip for web content.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Deflate?

Deflate is owned by Internet Engineering Task Force, headquartered in Fremont, California, United States.

Which country uses Deflate the most?

The majority of Deflate users are from the United States.

Who uses Deflate?

According to our data, Deflate is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as aaaai.org, stooq.pl, and nait.ca.

Do academic institutions use Deflate?

Yes. The most notable of these is mandela.ac.za.

What are the alternatives to Deflate?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Deflate may include Gzip and Brotli.

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