Picturefill

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

According to our data, Picturefill ranks 72th 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.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

Picturefill is available for free.

Free ✔️ Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Picturefill Awards

⚡ Sites Using Picturefill

We have data on 17,827 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 actu.fr #635 France French
4 pearson.com #1,334 American English
5 smh.com.au #1,536 Australia English
6 ford.com #1,555 American English
7 ceskatelevize.cz #1,961 Czech Republic Czech
8 blackmagicdesign.com #1,998 Australia English
9 comunidad.madrid #2,297 Spain Spanish
10 telegraf.rs #2,537 Serbia Serbian
11 genesys.com #2,600 United States American English
12 onthemarket.com #2,886 United States English
13 progressive.com #3,140 English
14 sumo.or.jp #3,293 Japan Japanese
15 theage.com.au #4,840 Australia English
16 xvideosbr.blog #5,299 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
17 viz.com #5,609 United States American English
18 aegeanair.com #5,902 Greece English
19 cybozu.com #5,919 Japan Japanese
20 csic.es #5,975 Spain Spanish

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Picturefill:

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

  • United States 16.9%
  • Japan 10.1%
  • Germany 10.1%
  • United Kingdom 6.6%
  • Brazil 4.7%
  • France 4.5%
  • Spain 3.3%
  • Italy 3.1%
  • Netherlands 2.8%
  • Other 37.9%

Most Picturefill users speak English, German, or Japanese.

  • English 44.3%
  • German 10%
  • Japanese 9%
  • Portuguese 5.2%
  • French 4.7%
  • Spanish 4.4%
  • Russian 2.9%
  • Italian 2.4%
  • Dutch 2.4%
  • Other 14.7%

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

  • .com 38.2%
  • .de 6.4%
  • .org 6.3%
  • .jp 3.1%
  • .co.uk 2.5%
  • .net 2.4%
  • .co.jp 2.2%
  • .it 1.9%
  • .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 7.2%
  • Online Shopping 6.4%
  • Education/Reference 6.3%
  • Travel 5.8%
  • Health 4.5%
  • Internet Services 4.3%
  • Entertainment 4.1%
  • Other 34.2%

🔢 Picturefill Versions

The most widespread version of Picturefill is 3.0, used by 77.4% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 15.8% of sites use Picturefill 2.3, and 3.7% use Picturefill 1.8.

  • 3.0 77.4%
  • 2.3 15.8%
  • 1.8 3.7%
  • 1.9 1.8%
  • 1.11 0.5%
  • 2.2 0.5%
  • 2.1 0.2%
  • 2 0.1%
  • 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
12
Modernizr
San Francisco, California, United States

An open-source feature detection library that identifies browser support for HTML, CSS, and JavaScript features and allows websites to adapt accordingly.

FreeOpen source
23
Regenerator
Menlo Park, California, United States

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

FreeOpen source
50
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
101
Fastly Polyfill

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

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Can I use Picturefill for free?

Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
Moreover, it is 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 actu.fr.

Is Picturefill used on government websites?

Overall, we found Picturefill on 31 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Picturefill?

Yes. In total, we know of 66 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, Modernizr, and Regenerator.

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