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Technologies > Server-side Languages > Reports Overview > Market Report

Server-side Programming Languages Market Report

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This extensive report shows many detailed statistics of the server-side programming language market.

Our technology market report is a detailed monthly report on the usage of server-side programming languages on websites. The report comes via email as a PDF file and has over 5,250 pages with hierarchical bookmarks that make it easy to navigate. It covers this information:

  • List of all server-side programming languages
    Which server-side programming languages are covered? Shows a list of all 23 server-side programming languages monitored for our surveys, together with a short description and a link to the website.
  • Usage Report
    How popular is each of the server-side programming languages? Shows percentages of usage for all server-side programming languages that we monitor. Also shows how much these figures changed compared to the last month and to the last year.
  • Historical Trend Report
    How did the popularity of the server-side programming languages change over time? Shows tables and diagrams of historical trends of usage for all server-side programming languages since January 2013. Please note, that we permanently keep adding more server-side programming languages to our surveys, therefore not all of them cover the entire time frame.
  • Growth Rate Report
    Which are the fastest growing server-side programming languages? Shows the current growth rates in the usage of all server-side programming languages both in absolute figures and percentages in the last month and in the last year.
  • New Site Usage Report
    How popular is each of the server-side programming languages among new sites? Shows percentages of usage for all server-side programming languages among sites that were first visited in the last month, because they have only recently entered the top 10 million sites.
  • Top Site Usage Report
    Which server-side programming languages are primarily used by high traffic sites? Shows for each server-side programming language the share of top sites among all the sites that use that specific server-side programming language.
  • Page Speed Report
    What is the average speed when loading pages of different server-side programming languages? Shows for each of the 16 server-side programming languages, for which we have at least 100 measurements, the average Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) measurements, obtained from Google's Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX).
  • Usage Pattern Report
    On which part of websites are server-side programming languages being used? Shows for each server-side programming language the percentages of websites that use it on the home page, on inner pages only, or on subdomains only.
  • Change Report
    Which percentage of sites switched between server-side programming language? Shows for each server-side programming language the percentages of websites that recently switched to or from another server-side programming language as well as the top five server-side programming languages that were involved in such changes.
  • List of up to 300 sites that switched between server-side programming languages
    Which popular sites changed their server-side programming language? Shows the 300 most popular sites that switched from one server-side programming language to another in the last month (if there are that many sites in a month). Also shows the involved server-side programming languages.
  • List of sites that use specific server-side programming languages
    For each of the 23 server-side programming languages: which popular sites use it, which sites started or stopped using it recently? Shows up to 50 popular sites that use a specific server-side programming language, and up to 50 sites that started using it in the last month, and up to 50 sites that stopped using it in the last month (if there are that many sites in a month).
  • Market Position Report
    Where in the market diagram are the server-side programming languages? Shows the market position of the server-side programming languages in terms of popularity and usage by high traffic sites.
  • Ranking Breakdown Report
    Which server-side programming languages are popular among high traffic sites? Shows usage and ranks of all server-side programming languages among websites within popularity ranges of the Alexa ranking, that is among the top 1 million sites, the top 100,000, the top 10,000 and the top 1,000 sites.
  • Multiple Server-side Programming Languages Usage Report
    How frequently are more than one server-side programming language used on one site, and which ones? Shows for each server-side programming language statistics on the usage together with other server-side programming languages. We identify here usage on the same site, not necessarily on the same page.
  • Cross-Technologies Market Segmentation Reports
    Which server-side programming languages are particularly strong in which markets? A large set of reports evaluating the combined usage of two categories of web technologies. This shows, for example, the usage and ranks of all server-side programming languages on any top level domain compared to the usage on all websites.

    These detailed reports are available not only for top level domains, but also for the usage of server-side programming languages broken down by

    • Content Management Systems
    • Client-side Programming Languages
    • JavaScript Libraries
    • CSS Frameworks
    • Web Servers
    • Web Panels
    • Operating Systems
    • Web Hosting Providers
    • Data Center Providers
    • Reverse Proxy Services
    • DNS Server Providers
    • Email Server Providers
    • SSL Certificate Authorities
    • JavaScript Content Delivery Networks
    • Traffic Analysis Tools
    • Advertising Networks
    • Tag Managers
    • Social Widgets
    • Site Elements
    • Structured Data Formats
    • Markup Languages
    • Character Encodings
    • Image File Formats
    • Top Level Domains
    • Server Locations
    • Content Languages
  • Geographical Distribution Report
    Which server-side programming language is the most popular one in each country? Shows a colored world map indicating the most popular server-side programming language by country.

Please see technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys, and read our disclaimer to learn about possible incompleteness and inaccuracy of our data.

Table of Content

This is a preview of the current report's table of content.

1. About this Survey 3
2. Server-side Programming Languages 5
3. Usage Overview 7
4. Historical Trends 8
4.1. Monthly Usage 8
4.2. Yearly Usage 10
5. Growth Rates 12
6. New Site Usage 13
7. Top Site Usage 14
8. Page Speed 15
9. Usage Pattern 16
10. Changes 17
11. Sites with recent Technology Changes 20
12. Sites using specific Server-side Programming Languages 26
13. Market Position 77
14. Ranking Breakdown 80
15. Multiple Server-side Programming Language Usage 85
16. Segmentation Reports 107
16.1. Content Management Systems 107
16.2. Client-side Programming Languages 980
16.3. JavaScript Libraries 986
16.4. CSS Frameworks 1037
16.5. Web Servers 1059
16.6. Web Panels 1134
16.7. Operating Systems 1155
16.8. Web Hosting Providers 1181
16.9. Data Center Providers 2204
16.10. Reverse Proxy Services 2795
16.11. DNS Server Providers 2823
16.12. Email Server Providers 3278
16.13. SSL Certificate Authorities 3745
16.14. JavaScript Content Delivery Networks 3791
16.15. Traffic Analysis Tools 3804
16.16. Advertising Networks 3926
16.17. Tag Managers 4004
16.18. Social Widgets 4012
16.19. Site Elements 4051
16.20. Structured Data Formats 4084
16.21. Markup Languages 4092
16.22. Character Encodings 4104
16.23. Image File Formats 4145
16.24. Top Level Domains 4156
16.25. Server Locations 4959
16.26. Content Languages 5164
17. Geographical Distribution 5291

Licence

Purchasing this report entitles you to use the information within your organization and in direct non-public communication with your business partners. The data may not be published or sold to third parties.

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