Facebook Share
Meta, Menlo Park, California, United StatesThe Facebook Share button lets people add a personalized message to links before sharing on their timeline, in groups, or to their friends via a Facebook Message.
According to our data, Facebook Share is the second most popular social widget tool on the web.
It has 37.6% of the social widget market share and is detected on 2.5% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Social Widgets
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 37.6%
🏆 Facebook Share Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Italy in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Canada in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Austria in the Social Widgets category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Switzerland in the Social Widgets category.
⚡ Sites Using Facebook Share
We have data on 89,701 websites that use the Facebook Share social widget tool. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Facebook Share is 
blog.google.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blog.google |
#54 | United States | American English |
| 2 | #215 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #240 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 4 | #260 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #282 | United States | American English | |
| 6 | #453 | English | ||
| 7 | #513 | Finland | Finnish | |
| 8 | #575 | Netherlands | English | |
| 9 | #578 | India | American English | |
| 10 | #592 | Korea | Japanese | |
| 11 | #601 | India | Hindi | |
| 12 | #615 | Italy | Italian | |
| 13 | #739 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 14 | #792 | Algeria | Arabic | |
| 15 | web.archive.org | United States | English | |
| 16 | #1,013 | United States | American English | |
| 17 | #1,024 | Malay | ||
| 18 | #1,158 | India | American English | |
| 19 | #1,185 | India | English | |
| 20 | #1,268 | United Kingdom | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Facebook Share:
- 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 Facebook Share are from the United States, Japan, and Germany.
- United States 19.6%
- Japan 9.9%
- Germany 8%
- United Kingdom 5.5%
- France 5%
- Italy 4.1%
- Spain 4.1%
- Netherlands 2.9%
- Canada 2.9%
- Other 38%
Most Facebook Share users speak English, Japanese, or German.
- English 48.8%
- Japanese 8.6%
- German 7.4%
- Spanish 5.7%
- French 5%
- Italian 3.3%
- Portuguese 2.3%
- Dutch 2.2%
- Russian 1.2%
- Other 15.5%
The Facebook Share social widget tool is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 44.9%
- .org 7.7%
- .de 4.7%
- .net 3.4%
- .it 2.3%
- .jp 2%
- .fr 1.8%
- .co.uk 1.8%
- .nl 1.7%
- Other 29.7%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Facebook Share include business, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 13.4%
- Blogs/Wiki 11%
- Marketing/Merchandising 9.4%
- Education/Reference 6.1%
- Entertainment 5.5%
- Online Shopping 5.5%
- Travel 4.6%
- General News 3.9%
- Internet Services 3.6%
- Other 37%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Facebook Share?
Facebook Share is owned by Meta Platforms, Inc., headquartered in Menlo Park, California, United States.
Which country uses Facebook Share the most?
The majority of Facebook Share users are from the United States.
Who uses Facebook Share?
According to our data, Facebook Share is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as blog.google, mit.edu, and
gov.br.
Is Facebook Share used on government websites?
Overall, we found Facebook Share on 271 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Facebook Share?
Yes. The most prominent of these is mit.edu. In total, we know of 94 academic websites in the United States that use Facebook Share.
How does Facebook Share compare to its competitors?
Facebook Share is one of the most popular social widget tools, second only to 
Tweet.
What are the alternatives to Facebook Share?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Facebook Share may include 
Tumblr Share, 
Submit to Reddit, and 
LinkedIn Share.
👉 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 3,655,631 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.