⚡ URL Shorteners in China

URL shorteners are online services that convert long web addresses into shorter links that are easier to share, remember, and manage across websites, social media, and printed materials.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our data, URL shorteners are used on 0.2% of websites from China.

Statistics based on 84K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top URL shorteners in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Bitly, which dominates the market with a substantial 56.3% share.
It is followed by t.co with 19.3% and Amzn.to with 6.7%.

Bitly 56.3%
t.co 19.3%
Amzn.to 6.7%
Fb.me 4.4%
T.ly 4.4%
EepURL 3.7%
TinyURL 3%
g.co 2.2%
Geniuslink 1.5%
Rebrandly 1.5%
Apple URL Shortener 0.7%
Short.io 0.7%
Cuttly 0.7%
Is.gd 0.7%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top shorteners that are more popular in China than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. t.co ^(-2)
4. Fb.me ^(-6)
5. T.ly ^(-6)
9. Geniuslink ^(-5)
11. Apple URL Shortener ^(-1)
12. Short.io ^(-3)
14. Is.gd ^(-2)
15. YOURLS ^(-8)

✨ Best URL Shorteners

Below is a more detailed list of 15 URL shorteners used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Bitly New York, United States A URL shortening and link management platform that converts long URLs into short redirects while providing tools to organize, track, and optimize shared links across digital channels. Free$10+/month	56.3%
2	t.co Bastrop, Texas, United States A URL shortening service used by X to wrap links shared in posts and direct messages, helping protect users from malicious websites and phishing attacks. Free	19.3%
3	Amzn.to Seattle, Washington, United States Amazon's URL shortening service used to create compact, trackable affiliate and product links. Free	6.7%
4	Fb.me Menlo Park, California, United States A Facebook URL shortener that can be used for profiles and pages.	4.4%
5	T.ly A URL-shortening service that focuses on simplicity and efficiency.	4.4%
6	EepURL Atlanta, Georgia, United States A URL shortening and click tracking service created by Mailchimp for newsletters, signup forms, and campaign pages.	3.7%
7	TinyURL Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States One of the oldest URL shortening services, operating since 2002, that generates compact redirect links for websites, emails, social media, and marketing campaigns. Free$12.99+/month	3%
8	g.co Mountain View, California, United States A URL shortening service used exclusively by Google to create shortcut links for its own products, services, and official webpages.	2.2%
9	Geniuslink Seattle, Washington, United States An intelligent URL shortener and affiliate link management platform that helps publishers route users to the most relevant shopping destination based on context. $6+/month	1.5%
10	Rebrandly Dublin, Ireland A platform for branded short links with retargeting. Free$14+/month	1.5%
11	Apple URL Shortener Cupertino, California, United States A link service used to link to the App Store, Apple Music, and other Apple resources.	0.7%
12	Short.io Claymont, Delaware, United States A white label URL shortener that creates short links on branded domains. Free$5+/month	0.7%
13	Cuttly Gdansk, Poland A URL shortening and link management platform that provides branded short links, QR codes, microsites, and analytics tools. Free$12+/month	0.7%
14	Is.gd Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom A free service for shortening web addresses and other URLs.	0.7%
15	YOURLS A self-hosted URL shortener built in PHP. FreeOpen source	0.7%

👉 See Also

🌎 URL Shorteners in other countries

🗃️ 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 84,859 websites from China.
We currently track the presence of 26 URL shorteners across the web.
Of these, 15 were detected on websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on August 4, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.