Analysis: Top Manufacturers by Type of Searches
Pulse
Octopart Staff
Oct 10, 2017

Last month, we showed you a snapshot of the kinds of people that are using the Octopart API. To follow-up, here's some insight into how the usage on Octopart.com compares to that of the Octopart API:

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(A part detail page on Octopart.com looks like this.)

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(Octopart API requests can translate to search queries or line item queries in a BOM.)

The top manufacturers based on Octopart.com usage skew towards manufacturers of industrial controls. Octopart API usage appears to be dominated by manufacturers of semiconductors and passive components. This is consistent with our hypothesis that we have a large percentage of industrial control and MRO customers using Octopart.com to search for parts as they are needed, vs. a larger percentage of OEMs and contract manufacturers using the API for ongoing prototyping and production.

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