Critters
Critters is a deprecated Webpack plugin that inlines your app's critical 
CSS and lazily loads the rest. It has been superseded by Beasties.
According to our data, Critters ranks 164th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.1% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 0.09% of all websites.
💸 Pricing
Critters is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 164
- Market share: 0.1%
- Performance Optimization
- Rank: 23
- Market share: 0.2%
- Legacy
- Rank: 37
- Market share: 0.4%
🏆 Critters Awards
- 🔥 17th most popular in India in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Germany in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Switzerland in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in France in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Brazil in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Spain in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Poland in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in the United States in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in the Netherlands in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Switzerland in the Legacy category.
⚡ Sites Using Critters
We have data on 3,321 websites that use the Critters JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Critters is mayoclinic.org.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #391 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #597 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 3 |  mongodb.com |
#1,622 | American English | |
| 4 | #1,660 | Iran | Persian | |
| 5 | #1,771 | Russia | Russian | |
| 6 | #1,858 | United States | American English | |
| 7 | #2,074 | English | ||
| 8 | #2,585 | Indonesia | Indonesian | |
| 9 | #2,791 | Tamil | ||
| 10 | #2,992 | English | ||
| 11 | #3,017 | American English | ||
| 12 | #3,043 | American English | ||
| 13 | #3,289 | Colombia | Spanish | |
| 14 | #3,536 | English | ||
| 15 | #5,315 | English | ||
| 16 | #5,409 | Ukraine | Ukrainian | |
| 17 | #5,563 | Australia | Australian English | |
| 18 | #5,832 | Germany | German | |
| 19 | #7,003 | American English | ||
| 20 | #7,483 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Critters:
- 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 Critters are from the United States, Germany, and India.
- United States 19.4%
- Germany 9.8%
- India 6.2%
- France 4.4%
- Brazil 4.3%
- United Kingdom 3.8%
- Spain 3.5%
- Netherlands 3.1%
- Switzerland 2.5%
- Other 43%
Most Critters users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 67.9%
- Spanish 6.4%
- German 4.7%
- Portuguese 3.4%
- French 3.1%
- Dutch 1.9%
- Russian 1.6%
- Italian 1.2%
- Polish 1.2%
- Other 8.6%
The Critters JavaScript library is especially popular on .com and .de top-level domains.
- .com 42.3%
- .de 5%
- .org 3.6%
- .com.br 2.3%
- .net 2.1%
- .fr 1.4%
- .it 1.4%
- .nl 1.2%
- .ch 1.2%
- Other 39.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Critters include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 18.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.6%
- Online Shopping 8.9%
- Internet Services 6.1%
- Finance/Banking 5.8%
- Education/Reference 5.5%
- Travel 5%
- Entertainment 3.3%
- Real Estate 2.8%
- Other 34.6%
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jQuery💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Critters's headquarters?
Critters is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
Is Critters free?
Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
Which country uses Critters the most?
The majority of Critters users are from the United States.
Who uses Critters?
According to our data, Critters is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as mayoclinic.org,
metropoles.com, and
mongodb.com.
Is Critters used on government websites?
Overall, we found Critters on 5 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Critters?
Yes. Overall, we know of 13 academic websites in the United States that use Critters.
How does Critters stack up against the competition?
Critters is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 148 other JavaScript libraries we track.
What are the alternatives to Critters?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Critters may include 
Beasties, Lazysizes, and Vanilla LazyLoad.
Webpack🗃️ 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 3,603,958 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.