OpenSearch
Amazon, Seattle, Washington, United StatesOpenSearch is a specification that describes a website's search engine, enabling browsers, apps, and services to discover and integrate it.
It is implemented as a linked 
XML file and was originally developed by Amazon to make it easier for other applications to integrate their search services.
According to our data, OpenSearch ranks 22th among the standards we track.
It is detected on 1% of all websites.
It appears on 3.4% of all websites in Ukraine, 2.6% in Russia, and 1.7% in Poland.
MDN📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 22
- Market share: 1.1%
🏆 OpenSearch Awards
- 🔥 15th most popular in Kazakhstan in the Standards category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Azerbaijan in the Standards category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Georgia in the Standards category.
- 🔥 15th most popular in Uzbekistan in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Russia in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Ukraine in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Romania in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Belarus in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Croatia in the Standards category.
- 🔥 16th most popular in Serbia in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using OpenSearch
We have data on 40,799 websites that use OpenSearch. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using OpenSearch is 
youtube.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | youtube.com |
#4 | United States | English |
| 2 | github.com |
#14 | United States | English |
| 3 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | United States | English |
| 4 |  x.com |
#17 | United States | English |
| 5 |  spotify.com |
#23 | Sweden | English |
| 6 |  vimeo.com |
#24 | United States | English |
| 7 |  baidu.com |
#62 | China | Chinese |
| 8 |  soundcloud.com |
#72 | Germany | English |
| 9 |  gov.uk |
#82 | United Kingdom | English |
| 10 |  scribd.com |
#85 | United States | American English |
| 11 |  twitch.tv |
#116 | United States | English |
| 12 |  play.google.com |
United States | American English | |
| 13 |  etsy.com |
#130 | United States | American English |
| 14 | #133 | English | ||
| 15 | #137 | Czech Republic | Czech | |
| 16 |  maps.google.com |
United States | English | |
| 17 | #145 | China | English | |
| 18 |  yelp.com |
#158 | United States | American English |
| 19 |  en.wikipedia.org |
United States | English | |
| 20 |  goodreads.com |
#186 | United States | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use OpenSearch:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.
Most of the sites using OpenSearch are from the United States, Germany, and Russia.
- United States 17.2%
- Germany 9.5%
- Russia 8.7%
- United Kingdom 5.2%
- France 4.4%
- Spain 3.9%
- Ukraine 3.8%
- Italy 3.7%
- Poland 3.4%
- Other 40.2%
Most OpenSearch users speak English, Russian, or German.
- English 45.4%
- Russian 10.3%
- German 8.1%
- Spanish 4.7%
- French 4%
- Italian 2.9%
- Polish 2.6%
- Ukrainian 2.4%
- Portuguese 2.3%
- Other 17.3%
OpenSearch is especially popular on .com, .org, and .de top-level domains.
- .com 34.6%
- .org 10%
- .de 5.6%
- .ru 5.1%
- .net 4.3%
- .pl 2.1%
- .it 1.9%
- .fr 1.6%
- .nl 1.3%
- Other 33.5%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing OpenSearch include blogs and wiki, business, and education and reference.
- Blogs/Wiki 10.7%
- Business 9.5%
- Education/Reference 8.6%
- Online Shopping 6.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 6.4%
- Entertainment 4.6%
- Public Information 4.2%
- Internet Services 3.7%
- General News 3.7%
- Other 42.2%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind OpenSearch?
OpenSearch is owned by Amazon.com, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States.
Which country uses OpenSearch the most?
The majority of OpenSearch users are from the United States.
Who uses OpenSearch?
According to our data, OpenSearch is used on thousands of sites, including youtube.com, pinterest.com, and x.com.
Is OpenSearch used on government websites?
Overall, we found OpenSearch on 25 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use OpenSearch?
Yes. In total, we know of 49 academic websites in the United States that use OpenSearch.
How does OpenSearch stack up against its competitors?
OpenSearch is a moderately popular standard, ranking ahead of 34 other standards we track.
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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 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.