Preact
Preact is a fast 3kB alternative to 
React with the same modern API.
It offers a virtual DOM, support for hooks and components, hydration for server-rendered content, and compatibility with many React-style tools through adapters.
According to our data, Preact ranks 205th among the JavaScript libraries we track.
It has 0.05% of the JavaScript library market share and is detected on 0.04% of all websites.
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Preact is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 205
- Market share: 0.05%
🏆 Preact Awards
- ⬆️ 161st most popular in Brazil in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 173rd most popular in Australia in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 189th most popular in the United Kingdom in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 194th most popular in the Netherlands in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 203rd most popular in the United States in the JavaScript Libraries category.
- ⬆️ 203rd most popular in Germany in the JavaScript Libraries category.
⚡ Sites Built With Preact
We have data on 1,375 websites that use the Preact JavaScript library. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Preact is globo.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #74 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 2 | #120 | English | ||
| 3 | #510 | Norway | Norwegian | |
| 4 | #714 | Russia | Russian | |
| 5 | #3,006 | United States | English | |
| 6 |  cdn.shopify.com |
Canada | English | |
| 7 | #3,750 | American English | ||
| 8 | #3,868 | United States | English | |
| 9 | #5,288 | Australia | English | |
| 10 | #6,115 | English | ||
| 11 | #8,147 | Hungary | English | |
| 12 | #8,387 | United States | Japanese | |
| 13 | #8,723 | American English | ||
| 14 | #9,506 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 15 | #9,624 | American English | ||
| 16 | #12,263 | English | ||
| 17 | #13,814 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #14,250 | English | ||
| 19 | #17,142 | United States | English | |
| 20 | #17,879 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Preact:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Preact are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 27.1%
- United Kingdom 10%
- Germany 8.5%
- Brazil 8.4%
- Australia 7.4%
- Netherlands 4.5%
- France 3.6%
- Israel 2.4%
- Canada 2.3%
- Other 25.8%
Most Preact users speak English or Portuguese.
- English 77.9%
- Portuguese 5.5%
- German 2.9%
- French 1.9%
- Dutch 1.7%
- Spanish 1.6%
- Chinese 1.4%
- Hebrew 1.3%
- Finnish 1%
- Other 4.8%
The Preact JavaScript library is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 60.1%
- .com.br 4.2%
- .org 2.8%
- .co.uk 2.8%
- .com.au 2.8%
- .de 2.1%
- .nl 1.7%
- .co 1.7%
- .io 1.4%
- Other 20.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Preact include online shopping, fashion and beauty, and marketing and merchandising.
- Online Shopping 35.1%
- Fashion/Beauty 14.8%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.1%
- Business 7.2%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.2%
- General News 2.5%
- Education/Reference 2%
- Software/Hardware 2%
- Internet Services 1.7%
- Other 18.4%
🔢 Preact Versions
The most common version of Preact is 10.22, used by 51.5% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 13.6% of sites use Preact 10.24, and 7.6% use Preact 10.23.
- 10.22 51.5%
- 10.24 13.6%
- 10.23 7.6%
- 10.9 6.1%
- 10.27 4.5%
- 10.4 4.5%
- 10.7 3%
- 10.19 1.5%
- 10.25 1.5%
- Other 6.2%
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Regenerator💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Is Preact free?
Yes, it is a free JavaScript library.
It is also open source, and you can find its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Preact the most?
The majority of Preact users are from the United States.
Who uses Preact?
According to our data, Preact is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as globo.com,
bloomberg.com, and
vg.no.
How does Preact stack up against the competition?
Preact is a moderately popular JavaScript library, ranking ahead of 106 other JavaScript libraries we track.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
JavaScript🗃️ 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 3,531,795 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.