⏳ Lazy loading

W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Native lazy loading is a technique to load non-critical images and iframes marked with the loading="lazy" attribute only when needed.

According to our data, Lazy loading is the most popular performance technology on the web.
It has 55.7% of the performance market share and is detected on 31.3% of all websites.

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Lazy Loading Awards

⚡ Sites Using Lazy Loading

We have data on 1,040,856 websites that use Lazy loading performance technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Lazy loading is microsoft.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 microsoft.com #3 United States American English
2 github.com #13 United States English
3 yahoo.com #16 United States American English
4 bitly.com #17 American English
5 cloudflare.com #20 United States American English
6 xhamster.com #24 English
7 p**nhub.com #26 United States English
8 flickr.com #32 English
9 dropbox.com #35 United States English
10 linktr.ee #44 Australia English
11 discord.com #46 United States English
12 patreon.com #47 United States English
13 wyze.com #49 English
14 nytimes.com #50 United States English
15 shopify.com #51 Canada English
16 instructure.com #52 United States English
17 bbc.co.uk #53 United Kingdom British English
18 blog.google #54 American English
19 theguardian.com #55 English
20 theverge.com #56 American English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Lazy loading:

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

  • United States 20.9%
  • Germany 7.2%
  • United Kingdom 6.1%
  • France 4.5%
  • Japan 4.5%
  • Spain 3.9%
  • Italy 3.5%
  • Netherlands 3.4%
  • Australia 3.2%
  • Other 42.8%

Most Lazy loading users speak English, German, or Spanish.

  • English 53%
  • German 6.6%
  • Spanish 6.1%
  • French 4.2%
  • Japanese 3.8%
  • Portuguese 2.9%
  • Italian 2.8%
  • Dutch 2.5%
  • Russian 2%
  • Other 16.1%

Lazy loading performance technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 45%
  • .org 6.3%
  • .de 4.3%
  • .net 2.6%
  • .co.uk 2.2%
  • .it 2%
  • .nl 1.9%
  • .com.au 1.9%
  • .com.br 1.8%
  • Other 32%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Lazy loading include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.

  • Business 17.5%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10.8%
  • Online Shopping 10.3%
  • Blogs/Wiki 6.8%
  • Education/Reference 5.7%
  • Internet Services 4.9%
  • Travel 4%
  • Entertainment 3.8%
  • Health 3.5%
  • Other 32.7%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Lazy loading alternatives.

RankName
6
Lazysizes
Berlin, Germany

A fast lazy loader library for images, iframes, and scripts/widgets.

FreeOpen source
18
Vanilla LazyLoad

A lightweight and flexible script that speeds up your web application by delaying the loading of your below-the-fold images, videos and iframes until they enter the viewport.

FreeOpen source
21
Lozad.js
New Delhi, India

Highly performant, light and configurable lazy loader for images and iframes in pure JS with no dependencies.

FreeOpen source
25
Beasties
Edinburgh, United Kingdom

A plugin that inlines your app's critical CSS and lazy-loads the rest.

FreeOpen source
27
Partytown
San Francisco, California, United States

A lazy-loaded library to help relocate resource intensive scripts into a web worker, and off of the main thread.

FreeOpen source

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Lazy loading?

Lazy loading is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Which country uses Lazy loading the most?

The majority of Lazy loading users are from the United States.

Who uses Lazy loading?

According to our data, Lazy loading is used on millions of sites, including microsoft.com, github.com, and yahoo.com.

Is Lazy loading used on government websites?

Overall, we found Lazy loading on 644 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Lazy loading?

Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,884 academic websites in the United States that use Lazy loading.

How does Lazy loading compare to the competition?

Lazy loading is the most popular performance technology on the market, outranking all others.

What are the alternatives to Lazy loading?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Lazy loading may include Lazysizes, Vanilla LazyLoad, and Lozad.js.

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