Prerender

W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The rel="prerender" attribute on HTML <link> elements is a deprecated browser hint that instructed web browsers to preload and render a web page in the background before navigation occurred.

It was used to improve perceived performance by preparing and rendering likely next pages before users opened them.

The attribute was deprecated because of high resource usage and limited browser support, and has been superseded by the Speculation Rules API.

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 0.1% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Prerender Awards

⚡ Sites Using Prerender

We have data on 3,473 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.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com English
2 fastweb.it #6,629 Italy Italian
3 plurall.net #7,094 Portugal Portuguese
4 elnacional.cat #7,105 Spain Catalan
5 deichmann.com #7,617 Germany English
6 inkbunny.net #7,655 France English
7 pr.gov #7,822 United States Spanish
8 gametwist.com #9,124 Austria English
9 madamlive.tv #10,274 Japan Japanese
10 yahooinc.com #13,387 United States English
11 nuvei.com #14,691 Canada English
12 memuplay.com #15,775 Hong Kong English
13 faithcomesbyhearing.com #16,924 United States English
14 zen.com #19,618 American English
15 knt.co.jp #20,021 Japan Japanese
16 gc.com #20,088 English
17 duetdisplay.com #21,165 United States English
18 streak.com #23,580 United States English
19 realsound.jp #23,676 Japan Japanese
20 facile.it #24,772 Italy Italian

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Prerender:

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

  • United States 32.9%
  • Germany 6.1%
  • United Kingdom 5.5%
  • France 4.4%
  • Japan 4.4%
  • Netherlands 4.4%
  • Italy 3.8%
  • Australia 3.4%
  • Canada 3.1%
  • Other 32%

Most Prerender users speak English, German, or Spanish.

  • English 68.2%
  • German 4.8%
  • Spanish 3.8%
  • French 3.2%
  • Japanese 3.2%
  • Dutch 3%
  • Italian 2.7%
  • Portuguese 1.7%
  • Russian 1.4%
  • Other 8%

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

  • .com 53.9%
  • .org 7%
  • .net 3%
  • .de 2.8%
  • .nl 1.8%
  • .it 1.8%
  • .io 1.6%
  • .com.au 1.5%
  • .fr 1.3%
  • Other 25.3%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Prerender include business, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 16.3%
  • Blogs/Wiki 13.3%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 8.7%
  • Internet Services 6.5%
  • Entertainment 5.3%
  • Online Shopping 4.8%
  • Education/Reference 4.8%
  • Health 3.1%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 2.9%
  • Other 34.3%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Prerender alternatives.

RankName
2
DNS Prefetch
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The rel="dns-prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements instructs web browsers to resolve domain names for external resources before those resources are requested.
3
Preconnect
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The rel="preconnect" attribute on HTML <link> elements instructs browsers to establish early connections to external origins before resources are requested.
4
Preload
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The rel="preload" attribute on HTML <link> elements instructs web browsers to fetch important resources early before they are requested during page rendering.
5
Speculation Rules
Mountain View, California, United States

A browser API that improves navigation performance by prefetching or prerendering pages that users are likely to visit next.
7
Prefetch
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The rel="prefetch" attribute on HTML <link> elements tells the browser to download resources that are likely to be needed for future navigation when the current page is idle.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Prerender?

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

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, fastweb.it, and plurall.net.

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 Speculation Rules, DNS Prefetch, and Preconnect.

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