Google Maps

Category - Mapping

Google Maps is a web mapping service owned and developed by Google. Google Maps offers an API that allows maps to be embedded on third-party websites, and offers a locator for businesses and other organizations in numerous countries around the world.

Technology usage statistics

Websites using Google Maps 226,125 websites
Most popular in the country United States of America
Market position in Mapping #1
Market share in Mapping 51.98%

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Google Maps usage. (See Google Maps Usage Changes report)
Websites that added Google Maps +8,385
Websites that dropped Google Maps -25,722

Distribution by websites popularity

Google Maps detection in the top websites by popularity
Top 10k sites 148 websites
Top 100k sites 1,920 websites
Top 1m sites 18,479 websites

Websites utilizing Google Maps

Top websites that use Google Maps

Domain Country Rank Contacts
maps.google.com United States of America 15
www.meetup.com United States of America 83
elpais.com United States of America 484
www.vedomosti.ru Russian Federation 577
www.northeastern.edu United States of America 600
peatix.com United States of America 701
See full domain list

Market Share

Google Maps market share within the Mapping category

Geographical Distribution

Technology usage distribution by websites across the globe.






Google Maps often used together with


Category - Document Encoding.
UTF-8 is used together with Google Maps on 222,924 domains. Total 8,486,158 domains found using UTF-8
Category - Document Standards.
JavaScript is used together with Google Maps on 221,220 domains. Total 6,425,165 domains found using JavaScript
Category - Document Standards.
HTML5 Tags is used together with Google Maps on 202,528 domains. Total 4,203,578 domains found using HTML5 Tags
Category - JavaScript Libraries.
jQuery is used together with Google Maps on 168,508 domains. Total 4,000,935 domains found using jQuery
Category - Programming Languages.
PHP is used together with Google Maps on 150,357 domains. Total 3,804,645 domains found using PHP
Category - Font Scripts.
Google Font API is used together with Google Maps on 126,269 domains. Total 2,404,031 domains found using Google Font API


Alternative Technologies


2GIS: Total 112 domains found using 2GIS
ArcGIS: Total 2,440 domains found using ArcGIS
Baidu Maps: Total 577 domains found using Baidu Maps
CARTO: Total 74 domains found using CARTO
CartoDB: Total 74 domains found using CartoDB
gMap: Total 4,039 domains found using gMap
Google Maps API: Total 169,978 domains found using Google Maps API
Google Maps Engine: Total 224 domains found using Google Maps Engine
Leaflet JS: Total 13,945 domains found using Leaflet JS
Mapbox: Total 2,489 domains found using Mapbox