Hummingbird
Hummingbird is a 
WordPress optimization plugin with built-in caching and CDN integration.
According to our data, Hummingbird ranks 17th among the performance optimization technologies we track.
It has 0.4% of the performance optimization market share and is detected on 0.2% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
💸 Pricing
Hummingbird is available in both free and paid versions.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Performance Optimization
- Rank: 17
- Market share: 0.4%
- Caching
- Rank: 16
- Market share: 0.6%
- WordPress Plugins
- Rank: 54
- Market share: 0.7%
🏆 Hummingbird Awards
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Ireland in the Caching category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Norway in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Ireland in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in South Africa in the Caching category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Switzerland in the Caching category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Norway in the Caching category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Denmark in the Caching category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Croatia in the Caching category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Romania in the Caching category.
- 🔥 12nd most popular in the Netherlands in the Performance Optimization category.
⚡ Sites Using Hummingbird
We have data on 7,723 websites that use Hummingbird performance optimization technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Hummingbird is focusschoolsoftware.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,929 | American English | ||
| 2 | #3,531 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 3 | #6,475 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 4 | #7,355 | United States | American English | |
| 5 | #7,905 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #8,675 | Malaysia | American English | |
| 7 | #12,002 | Indonesia | Indonesian | |
| 8 | #14,420 | Italy | Italian | |
| 9 | #16,961 | American English | ||
| 10 | #17,010 | English | ||
| 11 | #17,062 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 12 | #17,936 | Peru | Spanish | |
| 13 | #18,366 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 14 | #21,500 | France | French | |
| 15 | #25,858 | American English | ||
| 16 | #26,017 | American English | ||
| 17 | #27,259 | American English | ||
| 18 | #28,491 | American English | ||
| 19 | #31,361 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 20 | #32,322 | United Kingdom | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Hummingbird:
- 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 Hummingbird are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 34.4%
- United Kingdom 9.5%
- Germany 5.6%
- Australia 5.1%
- Canada 4.2%
- Netherlands 4.2%
- France 4%
- Italy 2.4%
- Spain 2.3%
- Other 28.3%
Most Hummingbird users speak English, German, or French.
- English 69.5%
- German 5.3%
- French 4.4%
- Dutch 3.4%
- Spanish 3.3%
- Portuguese 2%
- Italian 2%
- Polish 1%
- Swedish 0.8%
- Other 8.3%
Hummingbird performance optimization technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 48.1%
- .org 9.1%
- .co.uk 3.4%
- .de 3.2%
- .com.au 3.2%
- .nl 2.7%
- .net 2.3%
- .ca 1.9%
- .fr 1.5%
- Other 24.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Hummingbird include business, marketing and merchandising, and blogs and wiki.
- Business 21%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 7.5%
- Education/Reference 6.4%
- Internet Services 4.9%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4.7%
- Online Shopping 4.1%
- Entertainment 4.1%
- Travel 4.1%
- Other 30.6%
🔢 Hummingbird Versions
The most widespread version of Hummingbird is 3.7, used by 14.7% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 9.7% of sites use Hummingbird 3.9, and 9.2% use Hummingbird 3.17.
- 3.7 14.7%
- 3.9 9.7%
- 3.17 9.2%
- 3.12 8.8%
- 3.10 8.4%
- 3.19 5.1%
- 3.11 5%
- 3.8 4.8%
- 3.18 4.4%
- Other 29.9%
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What is the company behind Hummingbird?
Hummingbird is owned by Incsub, LLC, headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
Can I use Hummingbird for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
What is the starting price of Hummingbird?
The pricing starts at $15 per month (paid annually).
Which country uses Hummingbird the most?
The majority of Hummingbird users are from the United States.
Who uses Hummingbird?
According to our data, Hummingbird is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as focusschoolsoftware.com,
aeolservice.es, and
educacao.mg.gov.br.
Is Hummingbird used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by educacao.mg.gov.br. In total, we found Hummingbird on 5 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Hummingbird?
Yes. The most notable of these are vccs.edu,
telkomuniversity.ac.id, and
cientifica.edu.pe. Overall, we know of 42 academic websites in the United States that use Hummingbird.
How does Hummingbird stack up against the competition?
Hummingbird is a moderately popular performance optimization technology, ranking ahead of 17 other performance optimization technologies we track.
What are the alternatives to Hummingbird?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Hummingbird may include WP Fastest Cache,
Autoptimize, and
WP-Optimize.
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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 3,375,483 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.