Content-Encoding

HTTP response header

The type of encoding used on the data

Header usage statistics

Content-Encoding response header information and usage statistics.
Websites using header Content-Encoding15,641
Percentage of websites that use Content-Encoding header<0.1%
Total discovered header values65
Header uses directivesYes
Header values are unique or randomNo
Most popular in the country United States

Content-Encoding directives (5 total)

  • br
  • compress
  • deflate
  • gzip
  • identity

Content-Encoding Directives

Content-Encoding directives value information and usage statistics
DirectiveShareWebsites countUnique Values
br23.78%3,7201
identity14.09%2,2041
gzip2.07%3231
compress0.54%841
deflate<0.1%61

Content-Encoding header usage distribution by website rank



Geographical Distribution

Header usage distribution by websites across the globe.



Websites utilizing Content-Encoding

List of websites that use Content-Encoding header
DomainCountryRankContacts
64.media.tumblr.com United States2,037
ubuntu.com GB2,076
cdn.knightlab.com United States4,108
snapcraft.io GB5,710
canonical.com GB22,519
timeline.knightlab.com United States28,095
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Common header values

List of top common Content-Encoding header values
Header valueValue prevalence
none50.64%
br23.76%
identity13.71%
UTF-86.20%
gzip1.59%
iso-8859-10.95%
disabled0.42%
identity, compress0.38%
gzip,gzip0.29%
none, true0.26%
(with0.22%
compress0.15%
utf80.14%
binary0.13%
AnyTrash0.10%
text0.09%
text/html0.08%
plain0.08%
8-bit0.07%
webp0.06%