Resource Hints: prefetch

Informs the browsers that a given resource should be prefetched so it can be loaded more quickly. This is indicated using <link rel="prefetch" href="(url)">

Spec	https://www.w3.org/TR/resource-hints/#dfn-prefetch
Status	W3C Working Draft

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP (1)
11	99	98	100	15.4 (1)	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3 (1)	82
9	97	96	98	15.1 (1)	81
8	96	95	97	15 (1)	80
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7	95	94	96	14.1 (1)	79
6	94	93	95	14 (1)	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1 (1)	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18	78	79	6	63
	17	77	78	5.1	62
	16	76	77	5	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14	74	75	3.2	57
	13	73	74	3.1	56
	12	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51	52		34
		50	51		33
		49	50		32
		48	49		31
		47	48		30
		46	47		29
		45	46		28
		44	45		27
		43	44		26
		42	43		25
		41	42		24
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37	38		20
		36	37		19
		35	36		18
		34	35		17
		33	34		16
		32	33		15
		31	32		12.1
		30	31		12
		29	30		11.6
		28	29		11.5
		27	28		11.1
		26	27		11
		25	26		10.6
		24	25		10.5
		23	24		10.0-10.1
		22	23		9.5-9.6
		21	22		9
		20	21
		19	20
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15.4 (1)	all	99	10	64	100	98	11	12.12	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
15.2-15.3 (1)		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		15.0
15.0-15.1 (1)		4.4		12					14.0
14.5-14.8 (1)		4.2-4.3		11.5					13.0
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14.0-14.4 (1)		4.1		11.1					12.0
13.4-13.7 (1)		4		11					11.1-11.2
13.3		3		10					10.1
13.2		2.3							9.2
13.0-13.1		2.2							8.2
12.2-12.5		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2									4
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

1. Can be enabled in Safari as LinkPrefetch in the developer menu

Resources

• Wikipedia article
• Article on prefetch and other hints