Facebook Like
Meta, Menlo Park, California, United StatesFacebook Like Button for the Web was a social plugin that allowed websites to embed a button for visitors to like and share web pages on Facebook.
It supported customizable layouts and button sizes, 
Open Graph tags, and display of the page's Facebook like count.
It was discontinued in February 2026 as Meta retired its legacy social plugins, citing declining usage and evolving privacy standards.
According to our data, Facebook Like is the 5th most popular social widget tool on the web.
It has 12.7% of the social widget market share and is present on 0.8% of all websites.
Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Widgets
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 12.7%
- Legacy
- Rank: 8
- Market share: 3.4%
🏆 Facebook Like Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the Czech Republic in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Hungary in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Slovakia in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Vietnam in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Romania in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Thailand in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Bulgaria in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Sweden in the Social Widgets category.
⚡ Sites Using Facebook Like
We have data on 30,408 websites that use the Facebook Like social widget tool. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Facebook Like is 
fc2.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fc2.com |
#341 | United States | English |
| 2 | #349 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 3 | #615 | Italy | Italian | |
| 4 | #660 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 5 | #1,224 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 6 | #2,606 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 7 | #2,728 | Turkey | Turkish | |
| 8 | #3,884 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 9 | #4,248 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 10 | #5,376 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 | #5,467 | Poland | Polish | |
| 12 | #5,716 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 13 | #6,443 | English | ||
| 14 | #6,478 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 15 | #6,564 | Hungary | Hungarian | |
| 16 | #8,084 | Slovakia | Slovak | |
| 17 | #8,333 | American English | ||
| 18 | #8,701 | Thailand | Thai | |
| 19 | #9,761 | English | ||
| 20 | #10,003 | Hungary | Hungarian |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Facebook Like:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Marketing/Merchandising category.
Most of the sites using Facebook Like are from the United States and Japan.
- United States 16.8%
- Japan 12.6%
- France 4.4%
- Germany 4.2%
- United Kingdom 4.1%
- Poland 4.1%
- Italy 3.9%
- Spain 3%
- Czech Republic 2.9%
- Other 44%
Most Facebook Like users speak English, Japanese, or Spanish.
- English 41.6%
- Japanese 11.2%
- Spanish 5.4%
- French 4.4%
- German 3.6%
- Polish 3.6%
- Italian 3.1%
- Portuguese 2.8%
- Czech 2.3%
- Other 22%
The Facebook Like social widget tool is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 42.9%
- .org 5.2%
- .net 4.5%
- .jp 3.4%
- .pl 2.8%
- .it 2.2%
- .cz 2.2%
- .de 2.1%
- .nl 1.6%
- Other 33.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Facebook Like include marketing and merchandising, blogs and wiki, and entertainment.
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 9.4%
- Entertainment 7.9%
- Online Shopping 7.4%
- Business 7%
- Education/Reference 6.2%
- Internet Services 4.6%
- General News 3.7%
- Sports 3.3%
- Other 41%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Facebook Like?
Facebook Like is owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.
Which country uses Facebook Like the most?
The majority of Facebook Like users are from the United States.
Who uses Facebook Like?
According to our data, Facebook Like is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as fc2.com, ameba.jp, and
ilmeteo.it.
Is Facebook Like used on government websites?
In total, we found Facebook Like on 5 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Facebook Like?
Yes. Overall, we know of 5 academic websites in the United States that use Facebook Like.
How does Facebook Like stack up against the competition?
Facebook Like is a very popular social widget tool, second only to 4 other social widget tools we track.
What are the alternatives to Facebook Like?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Facebook Like may include Facebook Share, Facebook Page Plugin, and 
Tweet.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from Meta
🗃️ 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 3,655,631 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.