🛠️ Deflate
IETF, Fremont, California, United StatesDeflate 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 0.05% of the compression market share and is detected on 0.03% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Compression
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 0.05%
🏆 Deflate Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Netherlands in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the Czech Republic in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Turkey in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Compression category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the Compression category.
⚡ Sites Using Deflate
We have data on 943 websites that use Deflate compression technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Deflate is labanquepostale.fr.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,564 | France | French | |
| 2 | #8,606 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #12,133 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #12,209 | Australia | English | |
| 5 | #19,075 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #21,338 | Sweden | Swedish | |
| 7 | #22,441 | Poland | Polish | |
| 8 | #23,268 | Canada | American English | |
| 9 | #23,895 | South Africa | English | |
| 10 | #28,254 | Czech Republic | Czech | |
| 11 | #32,381 | English | ||
| 12 | #33,358 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 13 | #58,469 | United States | English | |
| 14 | #62,300 | Canada | French | |
| 15 | #65,600 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #65,961 | New Zealand | English | |
| 17 | #73,070 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #75,147 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 19 | #76,803 | Czech Republic | Czech | |
| 20 | #95,968 | United States | Portuguese |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Deflate:
- 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 Deflate are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
- United States 22.6%
- United Kingdom 8.8%
- Netherlands 5.3%
- Australia 5.2%
- Czech Republic 4.6%
- Germany 4.4%
- Vietnam 3.7%
- Turkey 3.4%
- Canada 2.8%
- Other 39.2%
Most Deflate users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 53.3%
- Spanish 4.7%
- German 4.5%
- Vietnamese 4%
- Persian 3.9%
- Czech 3.5%
- Turkish 3.3%
- Russian 2.8%
- Dutch 2.8%
- Other 17.2%
Deflate compression technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 40.8%
- .org 5.8%
- .co.uk 3.9%
- .cz 3.8%
- .com.au 3%
- .de 2.8%
- .nl 2.8%
- .net 2.4%
- .ir 1.8%
- Other 32.9%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Deflate include business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference.
- Business 25.2%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.9%
- Education/Reference 10.9%
- Health 8.4%
- Finance/Banking 5.4%
- Online Shopping 4%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4%
- Internet Services 3.5%
- Government/Military 2.5%
- Other 24.2%
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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 labanquepostale.fr,
crestron.com, and
kingcounty.gov.
Is Deflate used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by kingcounty.gov.
Do academic institutions use Deflate?
Yes. The most notable of these is mandela.ac.za.
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🗃️ 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 3,528,602 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.