Fragment navigations, history push state navigations, and all schemes besides HTTP/HTTPS (including new tab page navigations) are not included.
HTTPS helps to keep your browsing safe by connecting your browser or app securely with the websites that you visit. HTTPS relies on encryption technology — SSL or TLS — to secure these connections. This report provides data on the status of HTTPS adoption and usage across the web.
HTTPS web connections protect against eavesdroppers, man-in-the-middle attacks and hijackers who attempt to spoof a trusted website. In other words, encryption thwarts interception of your information and ensures the integrity of information that you send and receive. Because older hardware and software often don’t support modern encryption technologies, users of these devices may be more vulnerable to security threats.
Several technical and political challenges stand in the way of achieving full encryption of all web traffic. For example, certain countries/regions and organisations block or otherwise degrade HTTPS traffic. Some companies and organisations lack the technical resources to implement HTTPS or don’t see it as a priority. At Google, certificate management can be challenging for products like Blogger, where a user’s non-Google domain can be used and may not support HTTPS.
Some older devices and operating systems cannot support modern encryption, standards or protocols. Unfortunately, these devices and operating systems may no longer support software updates and, as a result, may never support encryption.
HTTPS web connections protect against eavesdroppers, man-in-the-middle attacks and hijackers who attempt to spoof a trusted website. In other words, encryption thwarts interception of your information and ensures the integrity of information that you send and receive. Because older hardware and software often don’t support modern encryption technologies, users of these devices may be more vulnerable to security threats.
Several technical and political challenges stand in the way of achieving full encryption of all web traffic. For example, certain countries/regions and organisations block or otherwise degrade HTTPS traffic. Some companies and organisations lack the technical resources to implement HTTPS or don’t see it as a priority. At Google, certificate management can be challenging for products like Blogger, where a user’s non-Google domain can be used and may not support HTTPS.
Since early 2015, we have been able to measure the prevalence of HTTPS connections thanks to Chrome users who choose to share usage statistics. The graphs below show the growth in HTTPS usage across platforms and countries/regions. Desktop users load more than half of the pages that they view over HTTPS and spend two thirds of their time on HTTPS pages. HTTPS is less prevalent on sites accessed on mobile devices, but there is still an upward trend in encryption usage there.
Fragment navigations, history push state navigations, and all schemes besides HTTP/HTTPS (including new tab page navigations) are not included.
If a user has multiple tabs open in Chrome, metrics come only from the active foreground tab. Schemes other than HTTP or HTTPS (such as chrome://) are not included.
HTTPS usage in Chrome is growing faster in some countries/regions than others. For example, the prevalence of HTTPS has increased quickly in Russia compared to Japan, which has seen slower growth of HTTPS usage.
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Fragment navigations, history push state navigations, and all schemes besides HTTP/HTTPS (including new tab page navigations) are not included.
If a user has multiple tabs open in Chrome, metrics come only from the active foreground tab. Schemes other than HTTP or HTTPS (such as chrome://) are not included.
As of August 2024, charts covering encrypted traffic and requests across Google products have been archived.
HTTPS ensures that the content you view online hasn’t been eavesdropped on or altered by others on the network, such as your Internet Service Provider.
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