⏳ 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 optimization technology on the web.
It has 56% of the performance optimization market share and is detected on 31.8% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Lazy Loading Awards

⚡ Sites Using Lazy Loading

We have data on 1,117,081 websites that use Lazy loading performance optimization 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 adobe.com #28 United States English
9 flickr.com #32 English
10 dropbox.com #35 United States English
11 linktr.ee #44 Australia English
12 discord.com #46 United States English
13 patreon.com #47 United States English
14 wyze.com #49 English
15 nytimes.com #50 United States English
16 shopify.com #51 Canada English
17 instructure.com #52 United States English
18 bbc.co.uk #53 United Kingdom British English
19 blog.google #54 American English
20 theguardian.com #55 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 21.2%
  • Germany 7.3%
  • United Kingdom 6%
  • France 4.6%
  • Japan 4.5%
  • Spain 3.9%
  • Italy 3.4%
  • Netherlands 3.4%
  • Australia 3.1%
  • Other 42.6%

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

  • English 53%
  • German 6.7%
  • Spanish 6.1%
  • French 4.3%
  • Japanese 3.9%
  • Portuguese 2.9%
  • Italian 2.8%
  • Dutch 2.4%
  • Russian 2%
  • Other 15.9%

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

  • .com 44.9%
  • .org 6.4%
  • .de 4.4%
  • .net 2.6%
  • .co.uk 2.2%
  • .it 2%
  • .nl 1.9%
  • .com.au 1.9%
  • .com.br 1.8%
  • Other 31.9%

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

  • Business 17.6%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10.8%
  • Online Shopping 10.2%
  • Blogs/Wiki 6.8%
  • Education/Reference 5.7%
  • Internet Services 4.8%
  • Travel 4%
  • Entertainment 3.8%
  • Health 3.6%
  • 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 695 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Lazy loading?

Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,981 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 optimization 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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