Prerender
The rel="prerender" attribute on 
HTML <link> elements.
According to our data, Prerender ranks 22th among the performance optimization technologies we track.
It has 0.2% of the performance optimization market share and is detected on 0.09% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Performance Optimization
- Rank: 22
- Market share: 0.2%
- Standards
- Rank: 34
- Market share: 0.1%
🏆 Prerender Awards
- 🔥 18th most popular in Japan in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 19th most popular in the United States in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 19th most popular in Australia in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in Italy in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in Denmark in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in Vietnam in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in South Africa in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in the Netherlands in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Belgium in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in the Czech Republic in the Performance Optimization category.
⚡ Sites Using Prerender
We have data on 3,171 websites that use Prerender performance optimization technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Prerender is maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | |||
| 2 | #5,406 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #6,629 | Italy | Italian | |
| 4 | #6,637 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #7,094 | Portugal | Portuguese | |
| 6 | #7,105 | Spain | Catalan | |
| 7 | #7,655 | France | English | |
| 8 | #7,822 | United States | Spanish | |
| 9 | #9,124 | Austria | English | |
| 10 | #10,274 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 |  mapbox.com |
#12,332 | English | |
| 12 |  yahooinc.com |
#13,387 | United States | English |
| 13 | #14,691 | English | ||
| 14 | #15,775 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 15 | #16,924 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #19,618 | American English | ||
| 17 | #20,021 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 18 | #20,088 | English | ||
| 19 | #21,165 | United States | English | |
| 20 | #23,580 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Prerender:
- 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 Prerender are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 32.2%
- Germany 6.1%
- United Kingdom 5.3%
- Netherlands 4.5%
- Japan 4.4%
- France 4.3%
- Italy 3.9%
- Australia 3.6%
- Canada 2.8%
- Other 32.9%
Most Prerender users speak English, German, or Spanish.
- English 67.6%
- German 4.8%
- Spanish 4%
- French 3.3%
- Japanese 3.2%
- Dutch 3.1%
- Italian 2.8%
- Portuguese 1.6%
- Russian 1.5%
- Other 8.1%
Prerender performance optimization technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 53.7%
- .org 6.8%
- .net 3.2%
- .de 2.8%
- .nl 1.9%
- .it 1.9%
- .com.au 1.6%
- .io 1.5%
- .fr 1.4%
- Other 25.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Prerender include business, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 16.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 13.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.8%
- Internet Services 6.5%
- Entertainment 5.4%
- Education/Reference 4.8%
- Online Shopping 4.7%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 2.8%
- Health 2.6%
- Other 34.4%
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Instant.Page💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Which country uses Prerender the most?
The majority of Prerender users are from the United States.
Who uses Prerender?
According to our data, Prerender is used on thousands of sites, including maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com,
scribehow.com, and
fastweb.it.
Is Prerender used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by pr.gov. Overall, we found Prerender on 2 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Prerender?
Yes. In total, we know of 5 academic websites in the United States that use Prerender.
How does Prerender compare to its competitors?
Prerender is a moderately popular performance optimization technology, ranking ahead of 12 other performance optimization technologies we track.
What are the alternatives to Prerender?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Prerender may include 
DNS Prefetch, Preconnect, and Preload.
🗃️ 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.