Popular Selectors

The most commonly used selectors, used by the most popular jQuery sites. All the selectors have been neutralized (e.g. 'div span' and 'ul li' both become 'tag tag'). Selector portions that are marked in red are non-W3C-compliant selectors. The % Used column represents the overall percentage of use within all selectors (and the # of Uses column is the total count). Selectors that only had one use have been removed.

Selector% Used# of Uses
#id51.290%1431
.class13.082%365
tag6.416%179
tag.class3.978%111
#id tag2.151%60
tag#id1.935%54
#id:visible1.577%44
#id .class1.434%40
.class .class1.183%33
*0.968%27
#id tag.class0.932%26
#id:hidden0.789%22
tag[name=value]0.645%18
.class tag0.573%16
[name=value]0.538%15
tag tag0.502%14
#id #id0.430%12
#id tag tag0.358%10
tag[name$=value]0.323%9
#id :checkbox0.323%9
#id #id :selected0.287%8
.class tag.class0.287%8
tag#id > tag0.287%8
tag, tag0.251%7
tag.class tag0.251%7
tag .class0.215%6
:radio0.215%6
#id, #id, #id0.215%6
#id .class tag0.215%6
:text0.215%6
tag, tag, tag0.215%6
.class .class .class0.215%6
#id tag[name=value]0.179%5
:checkbox0.179%5
tag[name*=value]0.179%5
#id, #id0.179%5
tag.class tag.class tag0.143%4
tag.class .class0.143%4
tag:selected0.143%4
.class .class .class tag0.143%4
.class.class0.143%4
tag:file0.143%4
tag, tag[name=value]0.143%4
#id, tag[name$=value]0.143%4
tag[name!=value]0.143%4
.class .class tag + .class0.108%3
.class .class tag:gt(2)0.108%3
tag:submit, tag:image, tag:submit0.108%3
tag.class tag.class tag.class tag.class tag.class tag.class0.108%3
#id tag tag.class tag.class tag0.108%3
:input0.108%3
tag.class tag.class0.108%3
.class .class tag:has(tag[name^=value])0.108%3
#id tag.class tag0.108%3
tag:eq(0)0.108%3
#id :input0.108%3
tag#id tag#id tag0.108%3
.class, .class0.108%3
tag:eq(1)0.108%3
tag#id tag0.108%3
.class tag#id0.072%2
#id tag:first0.072%2
#id tag tag[name!=value]0.072%2
.class #id tag tag0.072%2
tag#id tag.class0.072%2
tag:filled0.072%2
tag:first0.072%2
.class tag tag.class0.072%2
#id tag.class tag tag.class0.072%2
tag.class tag.class tag.class0.072%2
#id #id #id tag.class0.072%2
tag[name$=value], #id0.072%2
tag tag tag0.072%2
:submit, tag:image0.072%2
.class .class tag0.072%2
[name=value]:first0.072%2
.class .class, #id0.072%2
#id .class tag.class0.072%2
.class #id .class0.072%2
#id #id tag tag0.072%2
tag[name]0.072%2
tag, tag, tag, tag0.072%2
tag#id tag#id tag.class0.072%2
tag:unchecked0.072%2
#id .class.class0.072%2
#id tag.class tag > tag0.072%2
.class tag tag tag0.072%2
tag.class:first0.072%2
.class tag.class tag0.072%2
tag#id tag.class:first0.072%2
#id tag.class tag.class tag0.072%2
.class tag tag0.072%2
#id .class tag tag0.072%2
#id tag tag#id0.072%2
tag.class > tag0.072%2
#id .class *0.072%2
:input:visible0.072%2
#id .class .class0.072%2
#id > tag > tag > tag > tag > tag0.072%2
#id tag.class tag tag:gt(0)0.072%2
.class, .class, .class0.072%2
#id #id *0.072%2
#id > *:not(#id)0.072%2
#id tag[name^=value]0.072%2
.class tag.class 0.072%2
tag:blank0.072%2

Site URLs

Not all URLs include the use of jQuery (it may be behind a login), but most do.

  1. http://code.google.com/
  2. http://www.dell.com/
  3. http://www.nbc.com
  4. http://www.cbsnews.com/
  5. http://politics.msnbc.com
  6. https://bankofamerica.com/
  7. http://bbc.co.uk/
  8. http://about.reuters.com/home/
  9. http://digg.com
  10. http://www.businessweek.com
  11. http://www.newsweek.com
  12. https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/homepage.html
  13. http://softwarecommunity.intel.com
  14. http://oracle.com/
  15. http://cisco.com/
  16. http://idle.slashdot.org/
  17. http://technorati.com
  18. http://sourceforge.net
  19. http://intuit.com
  20. http://turbotax.com
  21. http://quicken.com
  22. http://quickbooks.com
  23. http://ae.com/
  24. http://success.salesforce.com
  25. http://newsgator.com
  26. http://calendar.boston.com
  27. http://www.myyearbook.com
  28. http://nypost.com
  29. http://www.miamiherald.com/
  30. http://www.foodnetwork.com/
  31. http://www.rei.com/
  32. http://theonion.com
  33. http://feedburner.com
  34. http://pokerroom.com
  35. http://warnerbrosrecords.com/
  36. http://defjam.com
  37. http://www.pinpointtravel.com/
  38. http://classmates.com
  39. http://fandango.com
  40. http://pandora.com
  41. http://isohunt.com
  42. http://askaninja.com
  43. http://vodafone.co.uk
  44. http://www.independent.ie/
  45. http://islandrecords.com
  46. http://arstechnica.com
  47. http://www.dn.se/
  48. http://zeit.de
  49. http://linux.com
  50. http://www.smashbros.com
  51. http://quepasa.com
  52. http://www.dzone.com/
  53. http://my.barackobama.com
  54. http://joost.com
  55. http://www.wpni.com
  56. http://www.ifilm.com
  57. http://www.logitech.com
  58. http://jaiku.com/
  59. http://activestate.com/