🍪 JS Cookie
JS Cookie is an open-source, lightweight 
JavaScript library for managing browser cookies.
It provides a simple API for setting, retrieving, and removing cookies, supports custom encoding and decoding, and is less than 800 bytes when gzipped.
According to our data, JS Cookie is the 9th most popular JavaScript library on the web.
It has 8.6% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 6.3% of all websites.
GitHub💸 Pricing
JS Cookie is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 9
- Market share: 8.6%
🏆 JS Cookie Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Iran in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Afghanistan in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in El Salvador in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Estonia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Vietnam in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Hungary in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Ireland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Iceland in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in the United Kingdom in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⭐ 6th most popular in Australia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⚡ Sites Using JS Cookie
We have data on 229,746 websites that use the JS Cookie JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using JS Cookie is instructure.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #52 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #123 | Russia | Russian | |
| 3 | #350 | Taiwan | Chinese | |
| 4 | #585 | English | ||
| 5 | #667 | English | ||
| 6 | #700 | Netherlands | English | |
| 7 | #733 | English | ||
| 8 | #805 | Laos | English | |
| 9 | #810 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 10 | #832 | Vietnam | Vietnamese | |
| 11 | #837 | English | ||
| 12 | #865 | American English | ||
| 13 | #918 | Korea | Korean | |
| 14 | #924 | English | ||
| 15 | #933 | American English | ||
| 16 | #963 | India | American English | |
| 17 | #968 | India | American English | |
| 18 | #971 | American English | ||
| 19 | #982 | American English | ||
| 20 | #983 | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use JS Cookie:
- 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 JS Cookie are from the United States and the United Kingdom.
- United States 18%
- United Kingdom 7.1%
- Spain 4.9%
- Germany 4.8%
- Italy 4.4%
- France 4%
- Australia 3.7%
- Netherlands 3.2%
- India 2.7%
- Other 47.2%
Most JS Cookie users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 51.2%
- Spanish 7.5%
- German 4.6%
- French 4.3%
- Italian 3.7%
- Persian 2.9%
- Portuguese 2.9%
- Dutch 2.6%
- Russian 2.3%
- Other 18%
The JS Cookie JavaScript library is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 45.2%
- .org 5.2%
- .co.uk 2.7%
- .de 2.7%
- .it 2.5%
- .com.au 2.4%
- .net 2%
- .nl 1.9%
- .com.br 1.7%
- Other 33.7%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing JS Cookie include business, online shopping, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 16.7%
- Online Shopping 13.3%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.8%
- Blogs/Wiki 7.1%
- Education/Reference 5.9%
- Entertainment 3.8%
- Travel 3.7%
- Internet Services 3.6%
- Health 3.5%
- Other 29.6%
🔢 JS Cookie Versions
The most widespread version of JS Cookie is 2.1, used by 68.8% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 13.7% of sites use JS Cookie 3.0, and 9.2% use JS Cookie 2.2.
- 2.1 68.8%
- 3.0 13.7%
- 2.2 9.2%
- 2 7.8%
- 2.0 0.5%
- 3 0.2%
- 1.5 0.06%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is JS Cookie's headquarters?
JS Cookie is located in Germany.
Can I use JS Cookie for free?
Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
Which country uses JS Cookie the most?
The majority of JS Cookie users are from the United States.
Who uses JS Cookie?
According to our data, JS Cookie is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as instructure.com,
mail.ru, and
gamer.com.tw.
Is JS Cookie used on government websites?
In total, we found JS Cookie on 65 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use JS Cookie?
Yes, quite a few! Overall, we know of 267 academic websites in the United States that use JS Cookie.
How does JS Cookie compare to the competition?
JS Cookie is a very popular JavaScript library, second only to 8 other JavaScript libraries we track.
What are the alternatives to JS Cookie?
Alternatives and possible competitors to JS Cookie may include 
Modernizr, 
UAParser.js, and 
jQuery.
🗃️ 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 3,655,631 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.