Open Graph
Meta, Menlo Park, California, United StatesThe Open Graph protocol is a web metadata standard that defines how webpages are described as structured objects for use in social graphs and enables their consistent representation.
It specifies a set of 
HTML meta properties that start with "og:" (such as og:title, og:type, og:image, and og:description) to add semantic meaning to a page's content and control how that content should be represented.
These tags are commonly used by social media platforms including 
Facebook, 
LinkedIn, and 
X, as well as by messaging applications such as 
WhatsApp, 
Messenger, 
Slack, and 
Telegram, to generate rich link previews, support embedded content, and improve content understanding.
According to our data, Open Graph is the second most popular semantic markup technology on the web.
It has 72.6% of the semantic markup market share and is detected on 51.6% of all websites.
ogp.me📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Semantic Markup
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 72.6%
- Standards
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 57.1%
🏆 Open Graph Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Korea in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Taiwan in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Georgia in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Faroe Islands in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in American Samoa in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Guernsey in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vatican in the Semantic Markup category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Marshall Islands in the Semantic Markup category.
⚡ Sites Using Open Graph
We have data on 1,823,426 websites that use Open Graph semantic markup technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Open Graph is 
microsoft.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | microsoft.com |
#3 | United States | American English |
| 2 |  youtube.com |
#4 | United States | English |
| 3 |  instagram.com |
#5 | United States | English |
| 4 |  apple.com |
#8 | United States | American English |
| 5 | linkedin.com |
#9 | United States | English |
| 6 |  wikipedia.org |
#11 | United States | English |
| 7 |  github.com |
#13 | United States | English |
| 8 | bing.com | #14 | United States | English |
| 9 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | |
| 10 | #16 | United States | American English | |
| 11 |  bitly.com |
#17 | American English | |
| 12 |  cloudflare.com |
#20 | United States | American English |
| 13 | telegram.org |
#21 | United Kingdom | English |
| 14 |  vimeo.com |
#23 | United States | English |
| 15 |  adobe.com |
#28 | United States | English |
| 16 | #29 | United States | American English | |
| 17 |  yahoo.co.jp |
#31 | Japan | Japanese |
| 18 |  flickr.com |
#32 | English | |
| 19 | blogger.com | #33 | United States | English |
| 20 | #34 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Open Graph:
- 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 Open Graph are from the United States, Germany, and Japan.
- United States 20.4%
- Germany 6.6%
- Japan 6.1%
- United Kingdom 6.1%
- France 4.4%
- Spain 3.5%
- Netherlands 3.4%
- Italy 3.4%
- Australia 2.9%
- Other 43.2%
Most Open Graph users speak English, German, or Japanese.
- English 52.2%
- German 6%
- Japanese 5.1%
- Spanish 5%
- French 4.1%
- Russian 2.9%
- Italian 2.6%
- Portuguese 2.6%
- Dutch 2.4%
- Other 17.1%
Open Graph semantic markup technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 45%
- .org 6%
- .de 3.8%
- .net 2.7%
- .co.uk 2.1%
- .it 1.9%
- .nl 1.8%
- .com.au 1.8%
- .ru 1.7%
- Other 33.2%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Open Graph include business, online shopping, and blogs and wiki.
- Business 17.5%
- Online Shopping 8.6%
- Blogs/Wiki 6.7%
- Education/Reference 5.8%
- Internet Services 5.2%
- Entertainment 4.2%
- Health 3.4%
- General News 3.2%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 2.5%
- Other 42.9%
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SearchAction💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Open Graph?
Open Graph is owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.
Which country uses Open Graph the most?
The majority of Open Graph users are from the United States.
Who uses Open Graph?
According to our data, Open Graph is used on millions of sites, including microsoft.com, youtube.com, and instagram.com.
Is Open Graph used on government websites?
Overall, we found Open Graph on 1,301 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Open Graph?
Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 3,109 academic websites in the United States that use Open Graph.
How does Open Graph compare to the competition?
Open Graph is one of the most popular semantic markup technologies, second only to 
ARIA.
What are the alternatives to Open Graph?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Open Graph may include Twitter Cards, 
JSON-LD, and 
oEmbed.
👉 See Also
🗃️ 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 3,531,009 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.