Onion

Onion sites are websites on the dark web that use the .onion top-level domain and are only accessible through online routing through Tor.

According to our data, Onion is present on 0.02% of all websites.

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Onion Awards

⚑ Sites Using Onion

We have data on 523 websites that use Onion. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Onion is x.com.

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Onion:

Most of the sites using Onion are from Russia, the United States, and Germany.

  • Russia 27.1%
  • United States 17.1%
  • Germany 10.3%
  • France 5.1%
  • Netherlands 4.6%
  • Moldova 3.4%
  • United Kingdom 3.2%
  • Sweden 2.9%
  • Finland 2.7%
  • Other 23.6%

Most Onion users speak English, Russian, or German.

  • English 57.2%
  • Russian 22.3%
  • German 4.8%
  • French 2.3%
  • Spanish 1.2%
  • Turkish 1%
  • Korean 0.6%
  • Ukrainian 0.6%
  • Czech 0.4%
  • Other 9.6%

Onion is especially popular on .com, .org, and .ru top-level domains.

  • .com 25.2%
  • .org 15.9%
  • .ru 14.5%
  • .net 5.7%
  • .de 3.6%
  • .info 2.5%
  • .io 1.3%
  • .me 1%
  • .is 1%
  • Other 29.3%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Onion include general news, Internet services, and blogs and wiki.

  • General News 24.5%
  • Internet Services 10.6%
  • Blogs/Wiki 7.3%
  • Business 6.6%
  • Politics/Opinion 5.3%
  • Finance/Banking 4%
  • Education/Reference 3.3%
  • Software/Hardware 3.3%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3.3%
  • Other 31.8%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Onion alternatives.

RankName
16
OAuth
Fremont, California, United States

An open standard authorization protocol that allows applications to obtain limited access to user accounts without sharing passwords across web, mobile, and desktop environments.

24
OpenID
San Ramon, California, United States

A decentralized authentication protocol based on OAuth 2.0 that enables applications to verify a user's identity through an external identity provider instead of managing credentials directly.

29
RelMeAuth

A proposed open standard for using rel-me links to profiles on OAuth supporting services to authenticate via either those profiles or your own site.

36
JSON Web Token
Fremont, California, United States

An open standard (RFC 7519) that defines a compact and self-contained way for securely transmitting information between parties as a JSON object.

49
OpenPGP

A non-proprietary protocol for encrypting email using public key cryptography.

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

Which country uses Onion the most?

The majority of Onion users are from Russia.

Who uses Onion?

According to our data, Onion is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as x.com, archive.org, and theguardian.com.

What are the alternatives to Onion?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Onion may include OAuth, OpenID, and RelMeAuth.

Statistics were last calculated on .
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.