Picturefill

A responsive image polyfill for <picture>, srcset, sizes, and more.

According to our data, Picturefill ranks 70th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.7% of the JavaScript library market share and is present on 0.5% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

Picturefill is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Picturefill Awards

⚡ Sites Using Picturefill

We have data on 16,376 websites that use the Picturefill JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Picturefill is who.int.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 who.int #88 Switzerland English
2 ixl.com #484 American English
3 intel.com #553 United States English
4 actu.fr #635 France French
5 capitalone.com #1,048 United States English
6 pearson.com #1,334 American English
7 cloudinary.com #1,359 English
8 smh.com.au #1,536 Australia English
9 ceskatelevize.cz #1,961 Czech Republic Czech
10 blackmagicdesign.com #1,998 Australia English
11 comunidad.madrid #2,297 Spain Spanish
12 telegraf.rs #2,537 Serbia Serbian
13 genesys.com #2,600 United States American English
14 progressive.com #3,140 English
15 sumo.or.jp #3,293 Japan Japanese
16 revolve.com #4,261 English
17 theage.com.au #4,840 Australia English
18 espacioapk.com #5,103 Spain Spanish
19 xvideosbr.blog #5,299 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
20 viz.com #5,609 United States American English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Picturefill:

Most of the sites using Picturefill are from the United States, Germany, and Japan.

  • United States 16.9%
  • Germany 10%
  • Japan 9.7%
  • United Kingdom 6.8%
  • Brazil 4.8%
  • France 4.3%
  • Spain 3.4%
  • Italy 3.2%
  • Netherlands 2.9%
  • Other 38%

Most Picturefill users speak English, German, or Japanese.

  • English 44.7%
  • German 9.9%
  • Japanese 8.6%
  • Portuguese 5.3%
  • French 4.5%
  • Spanish 4.5%
  • Russian 2.7%
  • Italian 2.5%
  • Dutch 2.4%
  • Other 14.9%

The Picturefill JavaScript library is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 38.4%
  • .de 6.3%
  • .org 6.2%
  • .jp 3%
  • .co.uk 2.6%
  • .net 2.5%
  • .co.jp 2%
  • .it 2%
  • .fr 1.8%
  • Other 35.2%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Picturefill include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.

  • Business 17.2%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10%
  • Blogs/Wiki 7.4%
  • Education/Reference 6.5%
  • Online Shopping 6.4%
  • Travel 5.7%
  • Health 4.3%
  • Internet Services 4.3%
  • Entertainment 4.1%
  • Other 34.1%

🔢 Picturefill Versions

The most widespread version of Picturefill is 3.0, used by 78% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 15.8% of sites use Picturefill 2.3, and 4.2% use Picturefill 1.8.

  • 3.0 78%
  • 2.3 15.8%
  • 1.8 4.2%
  • 1.9 1.1%
  • 2.2 0.5%
  • 2.1 0.2%
  • 2 0.1%
  • 1.2 0.06%
  • 1.4 0.06%
  • 3 0.06%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Picturefill alternatives.

RankName
4
Polyfill

An open-source JavaScript library that provides modern web API features to older browsers that do not natively support them.

FreeOpen source
22
Regenerator
Menlo Park, California, United States

A JavaScript library from Facebook that allows the use of ES6 generators in older browsers.

FreeOpen source
51
Core-js

A modular standard library for JavaScript that provides polyfills for ECMAScript up to 2024: promises, symbols, collections, iterators, typed arrays, and proposals.

FreeOpen source
97
Fastly Polyfill

A service that reads the User-Agent header of each request and returns polyfills appropriate for the requesting browser.

FreeOpen source
117
Babel

A JavaScript compiler mainly used to convert ECMAScript 2015+ (ES6) code into an older JavaScript (ES5) version to maximize browser compatibility.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Picturefill for free?

Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
It is also an open source solution, and you can find its code on GitHub.

Which country uses Picturefill the most?

The majority of Picturefill users are from the United States.

Who uses Picturefill?

According to our data, Picturefill is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as who.int, ixl.com, and intel.com.

Is Picturefill used on government websites?

Overall, we found Picturefill on 28 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Picturefill?

Yes. In total, we know of 67 academic websites in the United States that use Picturefill.

How does Picturefill compare to its competitors?

Picturefill is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 240 other JavaScript libraries we track.

What are the alternatives to Picturefill?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Picturefill may include Polyfill, Regenerator, and Core-js.

Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.