Tachyon
Tachyon is a deprecated script that improves the user experience of your website by prerendering pages before a user navigates to them.
According to our data, Tachyon ranks 32th among the performance technologies we track.
It has 0.004% of the performance market share and is detected on 0.002% of all websites.
💸 Pricing
Tachyon is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Performance
- Rank: 32
- Market share: 0.004%
- JavaScript Libraries
- Rank: 287
- Market share: 0.003%
- Legacy
- Rank: 89
- Market share: 0.01%
⚡ Sites Using Tachyon
We have data on 67 websites that use Tachyon performance technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Tachyon is snopes.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #2,621 | English | ||
| 2 | #3,576 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #6,655 | Philippines | American English | |
| 4 | #8,321 | American English | ||
| 5 | #14,992 | Germany | English | |
| 6 | #18,679 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 7 | #21,115 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 8 | #23,771 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 9 | #25,159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian | |
| 10 | #29,444 | Switzerland | American English | |
| 11 | #37,897 | American English | ||
| 12 | #53,827 | American English | ||
| 13 | #55,346 | Japan | American English | |
| 14 | #56,938 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 15 | #59,561 | United Arab Emirates | Arabic | |
| 16 | #68,522 | American English | ||
| 17 | #79,571 | American English | ||
| 18 | #93,930 | United States | English | |
| 19 | #107,593 | Singapore | American English | |
| 20 | #141,157 | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Tachyon:
- 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 Tachyon are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- United States 17.4%
- United Kingdom 15.2%
- Australia 8.7%
- Japan 8.7%
- Belgium 6.5%
- Singapore 6.5%
- Germany 4.3%
- Spain 4.3%
- Sweden 4.3%
- Other 24.1%
Most Tachyon users speak English, Dutch, or Arabic.
- English 76.1%
- Dutch 4.5%
- Arabic 4.5%
- German 3%
- Spanish 3%
- Japanese 3%
- Chinese 1.5%
- Hungarian 1.5%
- Malay 1.5%
- Other 1.4%
Tachyon performance technology is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 68.7%
- .org 4.5%
- .be 4.5%
- .com.au 4.5%
- .io 3%
- .com.sg 3%
- .de 1.5%
- .jp 1.5%
- .ru 1.5%
- Other 7.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Tachyon include business, general news, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 36.8%
- General News 7.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 5.3%
- Online Shopping 5.3%
- Education/Reference 5.3%
- Entertainment 5.3%
- Blogs/Wiki 5.3%
- Sports 5.3%
- Software/Hardware 5.3%
- Other 18.2%
🔢 Tachyon Versions
The most common version of Tachyon is 2.0, used by 47.1% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 41.2% of sites use Tachyon 1.0, and 11.8% use Tachyon 1.1.
- 2.0 47.1%
- 1.0 41.2%
- 1.1 11.8%
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Speculation Rules💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use Tachyon for free?
Yes, it is a free performance technology.
Which country uses Tachyon the most?
The majority of Tachyon users are from the United States.
Who uses Tachyon?
According to our data, Tachyon is used on at least 67 sites, including such established ones as snopes.com,
nerdwallet.com, and
rappler.com.
Do academic institutions use Tachyon?
Yes. The most prominent of these is u-tokai.ac.jp.
What are the alternatives to Tachyon?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Tachyon may include 
Instant.Page, Quicklink, and
DNS Prefetch.