EU Cookie Law vs Yoast SEO
A side by side look at reach, regional footprint and where each wordpress plugins technology actually wins, built from live detections across millions of websites.
The short version. Yoast SEO has roughly 153x more sites overall (33.5K vs 5.1M). But the split flips by market: EU Cookie Law over-indexes in Hungary, Italy and Austria, while Yoast SEO runs the majority in Viet Nam, Indonesia and Israel. Which one fits depends far more on your market than on raw totals.
Head to head
Where each technology comes out ahead, by dimension
Who leads each market
Share of the two technologies per country. The marker is EU Cookie Law's 1% global share, so bars past it lean EU Cookie Law.
Where to build
Building an app, theme or agency around one technology? This is where its sites actually concentrate.
Build for EU Cookie Law
Build for Yoast SEO
United States is the most one-sided market in this comparison: 465.8K Yoast SEO sites to 145 on EU Cookie Law, a 100% split. For a new project there, the ecosystem, plugins and talent all point one way.
Which should you choose
A quick read based on reach and regional traction
Choose EU Cookie Law if
- ✓You sell into Hungary, Italy and Austria, where it has real traction.
- ✓You value where it concentrates its footprint over sheer volume.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the EU Cookie Law stack.
Choose Yoast SEO if
- ✓You operate in Viet Nam, Indonesia and Israel, its heartland.
- ✓You want the larger install base (5.1M sites) and a bigger ecosystem.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the Yoast SEO stack.
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