Google Hosted Libraries
Google, Mountain View, California, United StatesGoogle Hosted Libraries is a public content delivery network operated by Google that serves popular open-source 
JavaScript libraries.
It hosts widely used libraries such as 
jQuery, Bootstrap, D3, and MooTools, delivers versioned files over HTTPS from Google infrastructure, and provides global edge delivery optimized for high availability.
According to our data, Google Hosted Libraries is the third most popular public CDN on the web.
It has 22.4% of the public CDN market share and is present on 8% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
Google Hosted Libraries is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Public CDN
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 22.4%
🏆 Google Hosted Libraries Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Public CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Public CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Croatia in the Public CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Iceland in the Public CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Andorra in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Public CDN category.
⚡ Sites Using Google Hosted Libraries
We have data on 281,906 websites that use the Google Hosted Libraries public CDN. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Google Hosted Libraries is 
flickr.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flickr.com |
#32 | English | |
| 2 | blogger.com | #33 | United States | English |
| 3 | #44 | Australia | English | |
| 4 |  discord.com |
#46 | United States | English |
| 5 |  stackoverflow.com |
#101 | English | |
| 6 |  classlink.com |
#127 | United States | English |
| 7 |  docs.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 8 | #209 | Canada | English | |
| 9 | #231 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 10 | #249 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 | #282 | United States | American English | |
| 12 | #288 | France | French | |
| 13 | #290 | United States | American English | |
| 14 |  zendesk.com |
#304 | United States | American English |
| 15 |  airbnb.com |
#340 | United States | English |
| 16 | accounts.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 17 | python.org | #429 | English | |
| 18 |  sites.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 19 | #438 | United States | English | |
| 20 | #456 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Google Hosted Libraries:
- 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 Google Hosted Libraries are from the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 20.9%
- Japan 17.8%
- United Kingdom 6.4%
- Germany 3.6%
- France 3.4%
- India 3.1%
- Russia 2.8%
- Australia 2.6%
- Canada 2.6%
- Other 36.8%
Most Google Hosted Libraries users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.
- English 53.1%
- Japanese 15.1%
- Spanish 4%
- German 3.1%
- French 3.1%
- Russian 3%
- Portuguese 2.2%
- Italian 1.9%
- Dutch 1.8%
- Other 12.7%
The Google Hosted Libraries public CDN is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.9%
- .org 5.7%
- .jp 4.3%
- .net 3.3%
- .co.uk 2.4%
- .co.jp 2%
- .ru 1.9%
- .de 1.8%
- .com.au 1.6%
- Other 30.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Google Hosted Libraries include business, marketing and merchandising, and online shopping.
- Business 16.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 10.9%
- Online Shopping 10.3%
- Education/Reference 6%
- Blogs/Wiki 5%
- Internet Services 4.8%
- Entertainment 4.3%
- Travel 4.2%
- Health 3.5%
- Other 34.1%
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What is the company behind Google Hosted Libraries?
Google Hosted Libraries is owned by Google LLC, headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.
Can I use Google Hosted Libraries for free?
Yes, it is a free public CDN.
Which country uses Google Hosted Libraries the most?
The majority of Google Hosted Libraries users are from the United States.
Who uses Google Hosted Libraries?
According to our data, Google Hosted Libraries is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as flickr.com, blogger.com, and linktr.ee.
Is Google Hosted Libraries used on government websites?
In total, we found Google Hosted Libraries on 209 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Google Hosted Libraries?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 542 academic websites in the United States that use Google Hosted Libraries.
How does Google Hosted Libraries stack up against its competitors?
What are the alternatives to Google Hosted Libraries?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Google Hosted Libraries may include 
Cdnjs, 
jsDelivr, and 
BootstrapCDN.
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D3.js🗃️ 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 3,534,144 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.