Apple Pay
Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure contactless and online payments with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro devices.
It supports tap-to-pay in stores using NFC, payments in apps and on the web, secure tokenization that hides actual card numbers from merchants, biometric authentication such as Face ID or Touch ID, and storage of credit, debit, and prepaid cards in Wallet.
According to our data, Apple Pay is the second most popular online payment service on the web.
It has 39.2% of the online payment market share and is detected on 2.8% of all websites.
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πΈ Pricing
Apple Pay is available for free.
π Rankings and Market Share
- Online Payments
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 39.2%
π Apple Pay Awards
- π₯ Most popular in Japan in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Most popular in New Zealand in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Most popular in Denmark in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Most popular in Hong Kong in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Most popular in Indonesia in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Most popular in Taiwan in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Most popular in Saudi Arabia in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Second most popular in the United States in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Online Payments category.
- π₯ Second most popular in Germany in the Online Payments category.
β‘ Sites Using Apple Pay
We have data on 107,356 websites that use the Apple Pay online payment service. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Apple Pay is facebook.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2 | United States | English | |
| 2 | instagram.com |
#5 | United States | English |
| 3 | #8 | United States | American English | |
| 4 | #35 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #49 | United States | English | |
| 6 | #50 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #51 | Canada | English | |
| 8 | snapchat.com |
#98 | United States | American English |
| 9 | #171 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #173 | United States | English | |
| 11 | #190 | American English | ||
| 12 | #203 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #222 | Singapore | English | |
| 14 | #259 | English | ||
| 15 | #291 | United States | American English | |
| 16 | United States | American English | ||
| 17 | #340 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #362 | Sweden | American English | |
| 19 | #366 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 20 | #386 | United States | English |
π Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Apple Pay:
- 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 Apple Pay are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 42.2%
- United Kingdom 11.6%
- Germany 7.1%
- Australia 5.8%
- Canada 4.5%
- France 2.7%
- Netherlands 2.5%
- Italy 2.5%
- Spain 2.3%
- Other 18.8%
Most Apple Pay users speak English or German.
- English 75.5%
- German 6.7%
- French 2.8%
- Spanish 2.1%
- Italian 1.9%
- Japanese 1.9%
- Dutch 1.7%
- Malay 0.8%
- Chinese 0.7%
- Other 5.9%
The Apple Pay online payment service is especially popular on .com and .co.uk top-level domains.
- .com 62.4%
- .co.uk 5.1%
- .de 4.6%
- .com.au 3.8%
- .ca 1.5%
- .it 1.3%
- .nl 1.3%
- .org 1.3%
- .fr 1.2%
- Other 17.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Apple Pay include online shopping, fashion and beauty, and marketing and merchandising.
- Online Shopping 43.6%
- Fashion/Beauty 12.8%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.7%
- Business 7.1%
- Sports 2.5%
- Entertainment 1.8%
- Internet Services 1.7%
- Blogs/Wiki 1.6%
- Health 1.5%
- Other 15.7%
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π¬ Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Apple Pay?
Apple Pay is owned by Apple Inc., headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States.
Is Apple Pay free?
Yes, it is a free online payment service.
Which country uses Apple Pay the most?
The majority of Apple Pay users are from the United States.
Who uses Apple Pay?
According to our data, Apple Pay is used on thousands of sites, including facebook.com,
instagram.com, and dropbox.com.
Is Apple Pay used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by caixa.gov.br. Overall, we found Apple Pay on 5 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Apple Pay?
Yes. In total, we know of 6 academic websites in the United States that use Apple Pay.
How does Apple Pay compare to its competitors?
Apple Pay is one of the most popular online payment services, second only to PayPal.
What are the alternatives to Apple Pay?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Apple Pay may include Google Pay,
Wero, and
Venmo.
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ποΈ 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 3,814,833 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.

