# FAQ

**URL:** https://discuss.httparchive.org/c/faq/12.md

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## [About the FAQ category](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/about-the-faq-category/677)

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**Author:** [@igrigorik](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/igrigorik)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/about-the-faq-category/677 "2016-02-25T18:22:11Z")

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Common questions and answers about the HTTP Archive: how it works, how to use it, and more.

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## [HTTP Archive is now powered by Chrome](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/http-archive-is-now-powered-by-chrome/717)

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**Author:** [@igrigorik](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/igrigorik)\
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**Last updated:** [May 23, 2016, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/http-archive-is-now-powered-by-chrome/717 "2016-05-23T16:52:17Z")

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As of March 1 2016, both the desktop and mobile HTTP Archive tests are performed via Google Chrome: both use the latest (“evergreen”) stable build of Chrome and the mobile tests are done via Chrome’s device emulation (us…

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## [Quickstart guide to exploring the HTTP Archive](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/quickstart-guide-to-exploring-the-http-archive/682)

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**Author:** [@igrigorik](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/igrigorik)\
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**Last updated:** [March 1, 2016, 1:12am UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/quickstart-guide-to-exploring-the-http-archive/682 "2016-03-01T01:12:43Z")

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Curious about how the web is built and is evolving over time? You're in the right place. Every month, HTTP Archive crawls the top sites on the web and records everything it sees: request and response headers for each a…

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## [How to download the HTTP Archive data](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/how-to-download-the-http-archive-data/679)

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**Author:** [@igrigorik](https://discuss.httparchive.org/u/igrigorik)\
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**Last updated:** [February 25, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://discuss.httparchive.org/t/how-to-download-the-http-archive-data/679 "2016-02-25T23:04:09Z")

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If you want to use own or local tools to explore the HTTP Archive dataset, then you'll need a local copy of the relevant data. However, before you rush ahead, do note that the datasets can be very large (e.g. \>1TB), so p…