Less
Less ("Leaner Style Sheets") is a backward-compatible 
CSS language extension inspired by 
Sass that supports variables, mixins, operations, and functions.
According to our data, Less ranks 28th among the standards we track.
It is detected on 0.5% of all websites.
It is especially popular in the Czech Republic, where it appears on 2.6% of all websites, and in Russia, where it appears on 1.3%.
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- Standards
- Rank: 28
- Market share: 0.5%
🏆 Less Awards
- 🔥 16th most popular in the Czech Republic in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Slovakia in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Iceland in the Standards category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Russia in the Standards category.
- 🔥 18th most popular in Belarus in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Vietnam in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Ukraine in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Austria in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 24th most popular in Croatia in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in Turkey in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using Less
We have data on 19,654 websites that use Less. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Less is yahoo.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #19 | United States | American English | |
| 2 |  nytimes.com |
#56 | United States | English |
| 3 | #63 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #94 | United States | English | |
| 5 |  deviantart.com |
#344 | United States | English |
| 6 | #415 | China | English | |
| 7 |  figma.com |
#466 | United States | English |
| 8 | #712 | English | ||
| 9 | #748 | Australia | English | |
| 10 | #880 | Costa Rica | English | |
| 11 | #996 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 12 | #1,033 | United States | American English | |
| 13 | #1,247 | India | English | |
| 14 | #1,248 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 15 | #1,278 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #1,334 | France | English | |
| 17 | #1,356 | Ireland | English | |
| 18 | #1,400 | American English | ||
| 19 | #1,506 | Hong Kong | English | |
| 20 | #1,539 | Singapore | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Less:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Sports category.
Most of the sites using Less are from the United States, Russia, and Germany.
- United States 19.6%
- Russia 8.8%
- Germany 7.3%
- Czech Republic 7.1%
- United Kingdom 5.7%
- France 4.1%
- Spain 3.1%
- Netherlands 3%
- Italy 2.7%
- Other 38.6%
Most Less users speak English, Russian, or German.
- English 49.1%
- Russian 8.8%
- German 6.7%
- Czech 5.8%
- Spanish 4.1%
- French 4.1%
- Dutch 2.2%
- Italian 2%
- Portuguese 1.9%
- Other 15.3%
Less is especially popular on .com, .ru, and .cz top-level domains.
- .com 41.2%
- .ru 5.9%
- .cz 5.4%
- .org 4.9%
- .de 4.6%
- .net 3%
- .co.uk 2.2%
- .fr 1.7%
- .it 1.5%
- Other 29.6%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Less include sports, business, and forum, bulletin boards.
- Sports 16.7%
- Business 11.5%
- Forum/Bulletin Boards 9.6%
- Online Shopping 8.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.4%
- Education/Reference 4.5%
- Travel 4.2%
- Blogs/Wiki 3.1%
- Internet Services 3%
- Other 30.5%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Less from?
Less is from Switzerland.
Which country uses Less the most?
The majority of Less users are from the United States.
Who uses Less?
According to our data, Less is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as yahoo.com,
nytimes.com, and forbes.com.
Is Less used on government websites?
Overall, we found Less on 10 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Less?
Yes. In total, we know of 24 academic websites in the United States that use Less.
How does Less stack up against its competitors?
Less is a moderately popular standard, ranking ahead of 28 other standards we track.
🗃️ 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 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.