RDF
W3C, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United StatesResource Description Framework (RDF) is a W3C standard model for describing and exchanging graph-based data on the web.
It enables linking and integration of data across different vocabularies, represents information as subject-predicate-object triples forming directed graphs, and supports serialization formats such as RDF/XML for XML-based data exchange as well as Turtle and 
JSON-LD.
According to our data, RDF is present on 0.2% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standards
- Rank: 33
- Market share: 0.2%
🏆 RDF Awards
- ⬆️ 21st most popular in Ukraine in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Russia in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 22nd most popular in Pakistan in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 23rd most popular in Indonesia in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 25th most popular in South Africa in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 26th most popular in China in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 27th most popular in Israel in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 27th most popular in Lithuania in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 28th most popular in India in the Standards category.
- ⬆️ 28th most popular in Singapore in the Standards category.
⚡ Sites Using RDF
We have data on 5,795 websites that use RDF. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using RDF is instructure.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #52 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #471 | Netherlands | English | |
| 3 | #881 | Arabic | ||
| 4 | #932 | Arabic | ||
| 5 | #1,317 | United States | English | |
| 6 | #1,601 | Germany | German | |
| 7 | #1,767 | Peru | Spanish | |
| 8 | #1,836 | English | ||
| 9 | #2,077 | United States | English | |
| 10 |  mediawiki.org |
#2,098 | United States | English |
| 11 | #2,908 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #3,032 | Germany | German | |
| 13 | #3,556 | United States | American English | |
| 14 | #3,760 | China | Chinese | |
| 15 | #3,941 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #4,633 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 17 | #5,578 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 18 | #6,019 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 19 |  yext.com |
#6,248 | United States | English |
| 20 | #7,154 | Germany | German |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use RDF:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Education/Reference category.
Most of the sites using RDF are from the United States, Germany, and Russia.
- United States 15.9%
- Germany 8.5%
- Russia 7%
- France 5.7%
- United Kingdom 4.5%
- Italy 3.3%
- Canada 3%
- Spain 3%
- Ukraine 3%
- Other 46.1%
Most RDF users speak English, German, or Russian.
- English 54.8%
- German 6.5%
- Russian 6.4%
- Spanish 5.8%
- French 4.5%
- Chinese 2.3%
- Portuguese 2.1%
- Polish 2%
- Japanese 2%
- Other 13.6%
RDF is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.
- .com 32.8%
- .org 13.4%
- .ru 4.8%
- .de 4.3%
- .net 4%
- .fr 2.2%
- .it 1.8%
- .pl 1.6%
- .co.uk 1.4%
- Other 33.7%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing RDF include education and reference, business, and blogs and wiki.
- Education/Reference 13.8%
- Business 13.2%
- Blogs/Wiki 10.2%
- Marketing/Merchandising 7.5%
- Online Shopping 7.5%
- Health 5.2%
- Internet Services 4.3%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3.4%
- Entertainment 3.3%
- Other 31.6%
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Open Graph💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind RDF?
RDF is owned by World Wide Web Consortium, Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
Which country uses RDF the most?
The majority of RDF users are from the United States.
Who uses RDF?
According to our data, RDF is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as instructure.com,
wikisource.org, and
tagesschau.de.
Is RDF used on government websites?
In total, we found RDF on 6 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use RDF?
Yes. The most notable of these is ucdavis.edu. In total, we know of 11 academic websites in the United States that use RDF.
How does RDF stack up against the competition?
RDF is a moderately popular standard, ranking ahead of 21 other standards we track.
What are the alternatives to RDF?
Alternatives and possible competitors to RDF may include RSD,
XFN, and 
OpenSearch.
👉 See Also
- ✨ Related technologies
- 💼 All technologies from W3C
🗃️ 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 3,511,995 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.