↪ Redirect

Redirect is a web redirection technique that automatically sends visitors from one domain to another instead of displaying content on the original website.

It is typically implemented using HTTP 3xx status codes, HTML meta refresh tags, or JavaScript redirects.

Redirects are commonly used for website migrations, mergers, acquisitions, rebranding, and forwarding alternate or shortened domains to a website's primary address.

According to our data, Redirect is the 7th most popular networking technology on the web.
It has 9.7% of the networking market share and is present on 9.3% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.8M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Redirect Awards

⚡ Sites Using Redirect

We have data on 355,554 websites that use Redirect networking technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Redirect is office.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 office.com #7 United States American English
2 blogger.com #33 United States English
3 vk.com #39 Russia English
4 dzen.ru #62 Russia
5 outlook.com #74 United States English
6 google.it #80 United States English
7 google.co.uk #81 United States English
8 aliexpress.us #85 China English
9 p**nhub.org #94
10 ajax.googleapis.com United States English
11 mail.ru #123 Russia Russian
12 dailymail.co.uk #147 United Kingdom English
13 google.de #164 United States English
14 p**no365.bike #206 Netherlands
15 freepik.com #266 Spain English
16 ya.ru #273 Russia Russian
17 cdn.jsdelivr.net United Kingdom English
18 plus.google.com United States English
19 licdn.com #483 United States English
20 novinky.cz #547 Czech Republic Czech

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Redirect:

Most of the sites using Redirect are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 19.8%
  • Germany 13.5%
  • United Kingdom 6.2%
  • Netherlands 4.5%
  • France 4%
  • Australia 3%
  • Italy 2.9%
  • Russia 2.9%
  • Spain 2.9%
  • Other 40.3%

Most Redirect users speak English, German, or Spanish.

  • English 59.3%
  • German 9.9%
  • Spanish 3.1%
  • French 2.9%
  • Dutch 2.7%
  • Indonesian 2.4%
  • Russian 2.2%
  • Japanese 1.9%
  • Portuguese 1.8%
  • Other 13.8%

Redirect networking technology is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 43.6%
  • .de 6.7%
  • .org 6.5%
  • .net 3.6%
  • .co.uk 2.2%
  • .ru 1.7%
  • .it 1.5%
  • .com.au 1.4%
  • .fr 1.3%
  • Other 31.5%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Redirect include business, marketing and merchandising, and Internet services.

  • Business 20.7%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 8.7%
  • Internet Services 7.5%
  • Education/Reference 5.5%
  • Online Shopping 5.4%
  • Blogs/Wiki 5.2%
  • Entertainment 4.2%
  • Software/Hardware 3.9%
  • Travel 3.6%
  • Other 35.3%

🔢 Redirect Types

The most common type of Redirect is 301, used by 73.8% of sites where types were detected. In addition, 16.7% of sites use Redirect 302, and 5.4% use Redirect 307.

  • 301 73.8%
  • 302 16.7%
  • 307 5.4%
  • HTML 2.6%
  • JS 0.5%
  • 308 0.5%
  • 303 0.4%
  • Other 0.1%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Redirect alternatives.

RankName
1
TLS
Fremont, California, United States

A cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption of data transmitted over the Internet, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and authentication between communicating systems.
2
HTTP 2+
Fremont, California, United States

An application-layer protocol used to transfer resources such as HTML documents, images, and other web content, forming the foundation of data communication in web browsers.
3
Cookies
Fremont, California, United States

Small pieces of data that a website stores in a visitor's web browser to preserve information between page requests and browsing sessions.
4
HSTS
Fremont, California, United States

A web security mechanism that ensures a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS, preventing insecure HTTP access.
5
♯ ETag
Fremont, California, United States

An identifier for a specific version of a resource that is used for cache validation.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Which country uses Redirect the most?

The majority of Redirect users are from the United States.

Who uses Redirect?

According to our data, Redirect is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as office.com, blogger.com, and vk.com.

Is Redirect used on government websites?

In total, we found Redirect on 233 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Redirect?

Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 311 academic websites in the United States that use Redirect.

How does Redirect compare to its competitors?

Redirect is a moderately popular networking technology, ranking ahead of 3 other networking technologies we track.

What are the alternatives to Redirect?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Redirect may include TLS, HTTP 2+, and Cookies.

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