Cookies
IETF, Fremont, California, United StatesCookies are small pieces of data that a website stores in a visitor's web browser to preserve information between page requests and browsing sessions.
They are commonly used for user authentication, shopping carts, language and theme preferences, analytics, advertising personalization, and session tracking across websites and web applications.
Cookies set by a domain other than the website a visitor is viewing are known as third-party cookies and are being increasingly restricted by major browsers due to growing privacy concerns.
According to our data, Cookies is the third most popular networking technology on the web.
It has 38.3% of the networking market share and is present on 35.3% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Networking
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 38.3%
🏆 Cookies Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in China in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Seychelles in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Guernsey in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Marshall Islands in the Networking category.
- 🥇 Most popular in DPR Korea in the Networking category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Korea in the Networking category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Uzbekistan in the Networking category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Kyrgyzstan in the Networking category.
⚡ Sites Using Cookies
We have data on 1,245,173 websites that use Cookies networking technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Cookies is 
google.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | google.com |
#1 | United States | English |
| 2 |  facebook.com |
#2 | United States | English |
| 3 |  microsoft.com |
#3 | United States | American English |
| 4 |  youtube.com |
#4 | United States | English |
| 5 |  instagram.com |
#5 | United States | English |
| 6 |  apple.com |
#8 | United States | American English |
| 7 |  linkedin.com |
#9 | United States | English |
| 8 |  wikipedia.org |
#11 | United States | English |
| 9 |  x.com |
#12 | English | |
| 10 |  github.com |
#13 | United States | English |
| 11 | bing.com | #14 | United States | English |
| 12 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | |
| 13 | #16 | United States | American English | |
| 14 |  bitly.com |
#17 | American English | |
| 15 |  tiktok.com |
#18 | Cayman Islands | English |
| 16 | #19 | United States | English | |
| 17 |  cloudflare.com |
#20 | United States | American English |
| 18 |  telegram.org |
#21 | United Kingdom | English |
| 19 |  spotify.com |
#22 | Sweden | English |
| 20 |  vimeo.com |
#23 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Cookies:
- 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 Cookies are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 19.9%
- Germany 6.3%
- United Kingdom 5.5%
- Russia 4.6%
- Japan 4.3%
- France 3.9%
- Netherlands 3.1%
- China 3%
- Italy 3%
- Other 46.4%
Most Cookies users speak English, German, or Russian.
- English 53.2%
- German 5.4%
- Russian 4.9%
- Spanish 4.1%
- Japanese 3.6%
- French 3.5%
- Chinese 3.1%
- Italian 2.2%
- Portuguese 2.1%
- Other 17.9%
Cookies networking technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 43.6%
- .org 5.8%
- .de 3.5%
- .ru 3.1%
- .net 2.8%
- .co.uk 2.1%
- .it 1.7%
- .nl 1.6%
- .fr 1.4%
- Other 34.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Cookies include business, online shopping, and education and reference.
- Business 17.1%
- Online Shopping 12.8%
- Education/Reference 6.3%
- Internet Services 4.6%
- Travel 3.8%
- Blogs/Wiki 3.5%
- Entertainment 3.5%
- Health 3.3%
- Software/Hardware 2.5%
- Other 42.6%
🔢 Cookies Versions
The most common version of Cookies is Partitioned, used by 0.003% of sites.
- Partitioned 0.003%
- Unknown 100%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Cookies?
Cookies is owned by Internet Engineering Task Force, headquartered in Fremont, California, United States.
Which country uses Cookies the most?
The majority of Cookies users are from the United States.
Who uses Cookies?
According to our data, Cookies is used on millions of sites, including google.com, facebook.com, and microsoft.com.
Is Cookies used on government websites?
In total, we found Cookies on 1,667 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Cookies?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,948 academic websites in the United States that use Cookies.
How does Cookies stack up against its competitors?
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🗃️ 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 3,528,114 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.