Cache-Control

HTTP response header

Tells all caching mechanisms from server to client whether they may cache this object. It is measured in seconds

Header usage statistics

Cache-Control response header information and usage statistics.
Websites using header Cache-Control37,516,780
Percentage of websites that use Cache-Control header46.43%
Total discovered header valuesMore than 10,000
Header uses directivesYes
Header values are unique or randomNo
Most popular in the country United States

Cache-Control directives (15 total)

  • immutable
  • max-age
  • max-stale
  • min-fresh
  • must-revalidate
  • no-cache
  • no-store
  • no-transform
  • only-if-cached
  • private
  • proxy-revalidate
  • public
  • s-maxage
  • stale-if-error
  • stale-while-revalidate

Cache-Control Directives

Cache-Control directives value information and usage statistics
DirectiveShareWebsites countUnique Values
no-cache56.31%21,124,80668
max-age53.08%19,913,4203,339
must-revalidate48.54%18,212,062552
no-store35.54%13,332,24946
private18.91%7,093,67489
public11.80%4,428,107721
no-transform3.14%1,178,73635
s-maxage2.65%995,129414
proxy-revalidate0.94%352,69666
stale-while-revalidate0.29%109,429124
stale-if-error0.17%62,09380
immutable<0.1%29,76433
max-stale<0.1%12,02511
min-fresh<0.1%2386
only-if-cached<0.1%2033

Cache-Control header usage distribution by website rank



Geographical Distribution

Header usage distribution by websites across the globe.



Websites utilizing Cache-Control

List of websites that use Cache-Control header
DomainCountryRankContacts
fonts.googleapis.com United States1
www.facebook.com United States2
google.com United States3
www.google.com United States3
youtube.com United States6
www.youtube.com United States6
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Common header values

List of top common Cache-Control header values
Header valueValue prevalence
no-cache14.02%
no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate9.95%
no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=08.37%
max-age=36007.42%
private7.04%
public,max-age=0,must-revalidate4.86%
no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=04.59%
no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate4.00%
max-age=03.47%
max-age=0, private, must-revalidate2.07%
no-store, max-age=01.57%
max-age=6001.51%
no-cache, private1.48%
private, max-age=864001.43%
no-cache, no-store, no-transform, must-revalidate, max-age=01.05%
max-age=600, must-revalidate1.02%
max-age=0, no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate0.85%
max-age=3, must-revalidate0.85%
max-age=300.84%
public, max-age=00.71%