Cookies

IETF, Fremont, California, United States

Cookies are small pieces of data that a website sends to a visitor's web browser when they visit.

According to our data, Cookies is the third most popular networking technology on the web.
It has 37.8% of the networking market share and is present on 34.7% of all websites.

πŸ“Š Rankings and Market Share

πŸ† Cookies Awards

⚑ Sites Using Cookies

We have data on 1,155,152 websites that use Cookies networking technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Cookies is google.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 google.com #1 United States English
2 facebook.com #2 United States English
3 microsoft.com #3 United States American English
4 youtube.com #4 United States English
5 instagram.com #5 United States English
6 office.com #7 United States American English
7 apple.com #8 United States American English
8 linkedin.com #9 United States English
9 wikipedia.org #11 United States English
10 x.com #12 English
11 github.com #13 United States English
12 bing.com #14 United States English
13 pinterest.com #15 English
14 yahoo.com #16 United States American English
15 bitly.com #17 American English
16 tiktok.com #18 Cayman Islands English
17 netflix.com #19 United States English
18 cloudflare.com #20 United States American English
19 telegram.org #21 United Kingdom English
20 spotify.com #22 Sweden English

πŸ“ˆ Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Cookies:

Most of the sites using Cookies are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

  • United States 19.5%
  • Germany 6.3%
  • United Kingdom 5.5%
  • Russia 4.5%
  • Japan 4.2%
  • France 3.9%
  • Netherlands 3.2%
  • China 3.2%
  • Italy 3.1%
  • Other 46.6%

Most Cookies users speak English, German, or Russian.

  • English 53.1%
  • German 5.4%
  • Russian 4.8%
  • Spanish 4.1%
  • Japanese 3.5%
  • French 3.5%
  • Chinese 3.2%
  • Italian 2.2%
  • Portuguese 2.1%
  • Other 18.1%

Cookies networking technology is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 43.7%
  • .org 5.6%
  • .de 3.5%
  • .ru 3%
  • .net 2.8%
  • .co.uk 2.1%
  • .it 1.7%
  • .nl 1.6%
  • .com.au 1.5%
  • Other 34.5%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Cookies include business, online shopping, and education and reference.

  • Business 17%
  • Online Shopping 12.9%
  • Education/Reference 6.2%
  • Internet Services 4.7%
  • Travel 3.8%
  • Blogs/Wiki 3.5%
  • Entertainment 3.5%
  • Health 3.2%
  • Software/Hardware 2.5%
  • Other 42.7%

πŸ”’ Cookies Versions

The most common version of Cookies is Partitioned, used by 0.004% of sites.

  • Partitioned 0.004%
  • Unknown 100%

πŸ•΅οΈ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Cookies alternatives.

RankName
1
TLS
Fremont, California, United States

A cryptographic protocol that provides end-to-end encryption of data transmitted over the Internet, ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and authentication between communicating systems.

2
HTTP 2+
Fremont, California, United States

An application-layer protocol used to transfer resources such as HTML documents, images, and other web content, forming the foundation of data communication in web browsers.

4
HSTS
Fremont, California, United States

The HTTP Strict Transport Security standard ensures that a user's browser always connects to a website using HTTPS.

5
β™― ETag
Fremont, California, United States

An identifier for a specific version of a resource that is used for cache validation.

6
CSP
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

The Content-Security-Policy HTTP response header and meta tag are used to control what resources a given page can load.

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πŸ’¬ Frequently Asked Questions

What is the company behind Cookies?

Cookies is owned by Internet Engineering Task Force, headquartered in Fremont, California, United States.

Which country uses Cookies the most?

The majority of Cookies users are from the United States.

Who uses Cookies?

According to our data, Cookies is used on millions of sites, including google.com, facebook.com, and microsoft.com.

Is Cookies used on government websites?

In total, we found Cookies on 1,524 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Cookies?

Yes, quite a few! In total, we know of 1,832 academic websites in the United States that use Cookies.

How does Cookies stack up against its competitors?

Cookies is one of the most popular networking technologies, second only to TLS and HTTP 2+.

What are the alternatives to Cookies?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Cookies may include TLS, HTTP 2+, and HSTS.

πŸ‘‰ See Also

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