Prerender
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesThe 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.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔗 Links
developer.mozilla.org📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Performance Optimization
- Rank: 22
- Market share: 0.2%
- Standards
- Rank: 39
- Market share: 0.1%
- Legacy
- Rank: 35
- Market share: 0.4%
🏆 Prerender Awards
- 🔥 18th most popular in Japan in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 19th most popular in the United States in the Performance Optimization category.
- 🔥 20th most popular in Italy in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in the Netherlands in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in France in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Australia in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Canada in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Russia in the Performance Optimization category.
- ⬆️ 26th most popular in the United States in the Legacy category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in Australia in the Legacy category.
⚡ Sites Using Prerender
We have data on 3,846 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 | maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com |
United Kingdom | English | |
| 2 | #5,586 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 3 | #6,475 | English | ||
| 4 | #6,538 | Puerto Rico | Spanish | |
| 5 | #6,689 | Spain | Catalan | |
| 6 | #7,095 | Portuguese | ||
| 7 | #7,674 | France | English | |
| 8 | #7,848 | Germany | English | |
| 9 | #8,958 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 10 | #9,844 | Austria | English | |
| 11 | #9,848 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 12 | #11,508 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 13 | #12,024 | Italy | Italian | |
| 14 | #12,226 | Canada | English | |
| 15 | #13,602 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 16 | #17,108 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 17 | #17,697 | Italy | Italian | |
| 18 |  kueskipay.com |
#18,199 | Mexico | Mexican Spanish |
| 19 | #22,016 | English | ||
| 20 | #23,100 | 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, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
- United States 33.7%
- United Kingdom 6.3%
- Germany 5.8%
- Japan 4.8%
- Netherlands 4.4%
- France 4.3%
- Italy 3.5%
- Australia 3.1%
- Canada 3%
- Other 31.1%
Most Prerender users speak English, German, or French.
- English 69%
- German 4.8%
- French 3.6%
- Japanese 3.5%
- Spanish 3.3%
- Dutch 2.9%
- Italian 2.4%
- Portuguese 1.6%
- Russian 1.4%
- Other 7.5%
Prerender performance optimization technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 54%
- .org 7%
- .net 2.8%
- .de 2.8%
- .nl 1.8%
- .io 1.7%
- .it 1.5%
- .co.uk 1.4%
- .com.au 1.4%
- Other 25.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Prerender include business, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 16.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 12%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.7%
- Internet Services 7%
- Education/Reference 5.5%
- Entertainment 5.1%
- Online Shopping 4.6%
- Health 3.3%
- Real Estate 2.5%
- Other 33.8%
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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, 16personalities.com, and
scribe.com.
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.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from W3C
🗃️ 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 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.