Beasties
Beasties is a plugin that inlines your app's critical 
CSS and lazy-loads the rest. It is a maintained fork of Critters.
According to our data, Beasties ranks 171th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.1% of the JavaScript library market share and is present on 0.09% of all websites.
It is especially popular in Germany, appearing on 0.2% of all websites in the country.
💸 Pricing
Beasties is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 171
- Market share: 0.1%
- Performance Optimization
- Rank: 25
- Market share: 0.1%
🏆 Beasties Awards
- 🔥 16th most popular in Germany in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 17th most popular in Switzerland in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in France in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Russia in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Poland in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in the Netherlands in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Brazil in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in India in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Spain in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in the United States in the Performance Optimization category.
⚡ Sites Using Beasties
We have data on 3,561 websites that use the Beasties JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Beasties is 
orcid.org.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | orcid.org |
#442 | United States | English |
| 2 | #667 | Iran | English | |
| 3 | #861 | Russia | Russian | |
| 4 | #1,190 | India | English | |
| 5 | #1,447 | English | ||
| 6 | #1,451 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #1,551 | Canada | French | |
| 8 | #1,688 | Germany | German | |
| 9 | #1,767 | English | ||
| 10 | #1,988 | English | ||
| 11 | #2,185 | Argentina | Spanish | |
| 12 | #2,767 | Germany | German | |
| 13 | #2,852 | United States | English | |
| 14 | #3,068 | Slovakia | English | |
| 15 | #3,304 | Poland | Polish | |
| 16 | #3,828 | English | ||
| 17 | #3,993 | English | ||
| 18 | #4,118 | Russia | Russian | |
| 19 | #4,309 | Poland | Polish | |
| 20 | #4,444 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Beasties:
- are located in Germany
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Beasties are from Germany, the United States, and France.
- Germany 16.1%
- United States 14.5%
- France 5.3%
- United Kingdom 4.5%
- Netherlands 3.9%
- Switzerland 3.4%
- Brazil 3.2%
- India 2.8%
- Spain 2.7%
- Other 43.6%
Most Beasties users speak English, German, or Spanish.
- English 63.1%
- German 7.7%
- Spanish 5.4%
- French 3.7%
- Dutch 2.4%
- Portuguese 2.4%
- Russian 1.9%
- Polish 1.5%
- Swedish 1.1%
- Other 10.8%
The Beasties JavaScript library is especially popular on .com and .de top-level domains.
- .com 38.1%
- .de 9%
- .org 4.1%
- .net 2.2%
- .ch 2%
- .fr 1.9%
- .nl 1.8%
- .pl 1.5%
- .ru 1.3%
- Other 38.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Beasties include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 19.1%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.5%
- Online Shopping 8.5%
- Internet Services 5.6%
- Travel 5.2%
- Finance/Banking 5%
- Education/Reference 4.5%
- Entertainment 3.5%
- Health 3%
- Other 35.1%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Beasties from?
Beasties is from Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Can I use Beasties for free?
Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
Which country uses Beasties the most?
The majority of Beasties users are from Germany.
Who uses Beasties?
According to our data, Beasties is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as orcid.org, easytrader.ir, and
litnet.com.
Is Beasties used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by udiseplus.gov.in. In total, we found Beasties on 10 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Beasties?
Yes. In total, we know of 19 academic websites in the United States that use Beasties.
How does Beasties compare to its competitors?
Beasties is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 146 other JavaScript libraries we track.
What are the alternatives to Beasties?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Beasties may include 
Critters, Lazysizes, and Vanilla LazyLoad.
👉 See Also
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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 3,976,354 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.