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.js, 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 4th most popular public CDN on the web.
It has 21.4% of the public CDN market share and is present on 7.9% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
💸 Pricing
Google Hosted Libraries is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Public CDN
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 21.4%
🏆 Google Hosted Libraries Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Public CDN category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Iceland in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Canada in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Greece in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Hungary in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Ireland in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Israel in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Romania in the Public CDN category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Bulgaria in the Public CDN category.
⚡ Sites Using Google Hosted Libraries
We have data on 306,245 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 
blogger.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blogger.com |
#31 | United States | English |
| 2 |  flickr.com |
#80 | United States | English |
| 3 |  discord.com |
#100 | United States | English |
| 4 |  classlink.com |
#118 | United States | American English |
| 5 |  play.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 6 | #132 | Canada | English | |
| 7 |  docs.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 8 | #255 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 9 | python.org | #313 | United States | English |
| 10 | accounts.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 11 | #379 | English | ||
| 12 | #400 | American English | ||
| 13 |  sites.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 14 | #433 | United States | American English | |
| 15 |  bol.com |
#435 | Netherlands | Dutch |
| 16 | #453 | Czech Republic | Czech | |
| 17 | #527 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 18 | #546 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 19 |  zendesk.com |
#550 | United States | American English |
| 20 |  webflow.com |
#553 | United States | 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 23%
- Japan 18.9%
- United Kingdom 6.3%
- India 3%
- France 2.9%
- Germany 2.8%
- Russia 2.8%
- Canada 2.7%
- Australia 2.5%
- Other 35.1%
Most Google Hosted Libraries users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.
- English 52.7%
- Japanese 16.3%
- Spanish 3.9%
- French 3.1%
- Russian 3%
- German 2.8%
- Portuguese 2.1%
- Italian 1.8%
- Dutch 1.7%
- Other 12.6%
The Google Hosted Libraries public CDN is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 46.9%
- .org 5.7%
- .jp 4.8%
- .net 3.1%
- .co.uk 2.4%
- .co.jp 2.4%
- .ru 1.9%
- .de 1.7%
- .nl 1.3%
- Other 29.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Google Hosted Libraries include business, online shopping, and education and reference.
- Business 17%
- Online Shopping 10.8%
- Education/Reference 6%
- Marketing/Merchandising 4.8%
- Blogs/Wiki 4.7%
- Internet Services 4.5%
- Entertainment 4.2%
- Travel 4.2%
- Health 3.6%
- Other 40.2%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
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 blogger.com, flickr.com, and discord.com.
Is Google Hosted Libraries used on government websites?
In total, we found Google Hosted Libraries on 240 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Google Hosted Libraries?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 555 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, 
BootstrapCDN, and 
jsDelivr.
👉 See Also
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🗃️ 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 3,884,635 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.