Markdown
Markdown is a markup language used to add formatting to plain text documents.
According to our data, Markdown is detected on 0.2% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 31
- Market share: 0.3%
🏆 Markdown Awards
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in China in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in Japan in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 26th most popular in Norway in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 27th most popular in Switzerland in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in Germany in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in India in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in Belgium in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in Indonesia in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in New Zealand in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 29th most popular in Singapore in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using Markdown
We have data on 8,076 websites that use Markdown. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Markdown is audible.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #543 | United States | American English | |
| 2 | #1,304 | English | ||
| 3 | English | |||
| 4 | #2,266 | United States | American English | |
| 5 | #2,326 | Switzerland | English | |
| 6 | #2,475 | Australia | English | |
| 7 | #2,783 | United States | English | |
| 8 | #3,067 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 9 | #3,491 | United States | American English | |
| 10 | #4,963 | English | ||
| 11 | #5,386 | English | ||
| 12 | #5,480 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #6,061 | American English | ||
| 14 | #6,788 | American English | ||
| 15 | #7,028 | United States | English | |
| 16 | English | |||
| 17 | #7,462 | United States | American English | |
| 18 | #7,497 | English | ||
| 19 | #7,747 | English | ||
| 20 | #8,712 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Markdown:
- 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 Markdown are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 24%
- Germany 10.4%
- United Kingdom 8.8%
- Japan 5.8%
- France 4.6%
- Netherlands 3.8%
- China 3.1%
- Canada 2.6%
- Australia 2.5%
- Other 34.4%
Most Markdown users speak English, German, or Japanese.
- English 73.2%
- German 5.2%
- Japanese 3.8%
- Chinese 2.3%
- Spanish 2.2%
- French 2.1%
- Dutch 1.8%
- Italian 1%
- Portuguese 1%
- Other 7.4%
Markdown is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 39.3%
- .org 13.6%
- .io 4.9%
- .net 4%
- .de 3.8%
- .co.uk 1.8%
- .nl 1.5%
- .ch 1.1%
- .fr 1%
- Other 29%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Markdown include business, Internet services, and software and hardware.
- Business 17.5%
- Internet Services 11.1%
- Software/Hardware 10.4%
- Blogs/Wiki 8.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 7.3%
- Education/Reference 6.1%
- Technical Information 4.6%
- Technical/Business Forums 3.6%
- Online Shopping 3.4%
- Other 27.3%
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DNS Prefetch💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Markdown's headquarters?
Markdown is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Which country uses Markdown the most?
The majority of Markdown users are from the United States.
Who uses Markdown?
According to our data, Markdown is used on thousands of sites, including audible.com,
postman.com, and
tools.ietf.org.
Is Markdown used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by idaho.gov. Overall, we found Markdown on 9 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Markdown?
Yes. In total, we know of 11 academic websites in the United States that use Markdown.
How does Markdown compare to its competitors?
Markdown is a moderately popular standard, ranking ahead of 23 other standards we track.