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May 2012 Web Server Survey
In the May 2012 survey we received responses from 662,959,946 sites, a decrease of 14M hostnames compared to last month, and the first drop we have observed in 22 months. The drop comes as a result of a loss of over 28M hostnames under the .info tld, hosted by Softlayer, on just 100 domains and 4 IP addresses. Despite this, we still observed an increase of 1.2M new domains.
nginx saw its 9th consecutive month of increased market share, gaining 894k hostnames and increasing its share to 5.48%, more than double the value it held a year ago. Apache fared the worst this month, losing 17.5M hostnames. However, it remains far ahead of the competition with two out of every three hostnames being served using Apache. We detected 654 hostnames using Microsoft-IIS/8.0 this month, the default web server in Microsoft's new Windows Server 2012, previously codenamed Windows Server 8.
Tracking of web servers using SPDY, an experimental network protocol intended to decrease web page loading times, has been added to the survey. We found a total of 339 SSL certificates used with SPDY-enabled servers. Usage outside of Google's properties is limited, though a few sites such as humblebundle.com and webtide.com support it. To operate, SPDY must be supported by both the web server and the user's browser. Of the major browsers, only Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome have SPDY support. Apache, Jetty and Google's server software are currently the only servers that support SPDY, though nginx support is scheduled for the end of May 2012.
Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 - May 2012
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 - May 2012
(more...)Developer April 2012 Percent May 2012 Percent Change Apache 443,102,561 65.46% 425,631,721 64.20% -1.26 Microsoft 92,488,751 13.66% 92,406,480 13.94% 0.28 nginx 69,869,916 10.32% 70,764,248 10.67% 0.35 Google 22,039,901 3.26% 21,264,616 3.21% -0.05 -
April 2012 Web Server Survey
In the April 2012 survey we received responses from 676,919,707 sites, giving a rise of 32.6M hostnames (5.1%) since last month.
Apache saw the largest growth (22.8M) and increased its market share to 65.5%. nginx, with the second largest growth (4.5M), increased its total to 69.9M. Microsoft had a greater increase in hostnames this month (+3.5M) compared to March, however still experienced a small loss in market share.
Microsoft's new server operating system, codenamed Windows Server 8, which was released to MSDN subscribers in September 2011 has now been made available as a public beta. Microsoft-IIS/8.0 is the default web server on Windows Server 8, and the April 2012 survey found 278 sites with this server header. However, many of these sites are running on Linux, indicating proxy servers or forged server headers. The first sites deploying Windows Server 8 include iis.net, phponwindows.net, and a Microsoft corporate remote access service. Indicative of an early beta, many installations are on isolated broadband connections, rather than at large hosting providers.
Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 - April 2012
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 - April 2012
(more...)Developer March 2012 Percent April 2012 Percent Change Apache 420,337,139 65.24% 443,102,561 65.46% 0.22 Microsoft 88,971,973 13.81% 92,488,751 13.66% -0.15 nginx 65,369,149 10.15% 69,869,916 10.32% 0.18 Google 21,150,938 3.28% 22,039,901 3.26% -0.03 -
March 2012 Web Server Survey
In the March 2012 survey we received responses from 644,275,754 sites, giving a rise of 31.4M hostnames (5.1%) since last month.
Apache continued to gain hostnames this month with a growth of 22.5M and, contrary to last month, was able to increase its market share by a third of a percentage point. nginx had another good month and experienced an increase of 4.7M hostnames or 7.82%. With all other major web server vendors showing higher growth than Microsoft's 761k increase, Microsoft recorded a drop in market share of half a percentage point. The gap between Microsoft and nginx now stands at 23.6M hostnames.
Amongst the Million Busiest Sites, Apache again suffered a small drop in market share this month, losing 1,700 sites, extending a trend that dates back to August 2011. Microsoft gained 110 sites making this the first time it has recorded an increase since June 2010. nginx continued to increase its market share and gained 1.2k sites, whilst Google suffered a small loss of 289 sites.
Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 - March 2012
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 - March 2012
(more...)Developer February 2012 Percent March 2012 Percent Change Apache 397,867,089 64.92% 420,337,139 65.24% 0.32 Microsoft 88,210,995 14.39% 88,971,973 13.81% -0.58 nginx 60,627,200 9.89% 65,369,149 10.15% 0.25 Google 19,394,196 3.16% 21,150,938 3.28% 0.12 -
February 2012 Web Server Survey
In the February 2012 survey we received responses from 612,843,429 sites. Compared to January, this represents an increase of 30M hostnames or +5.2%.
nginx was the only server to experience a non-negligible market share increase this month, gaining 0.27 percentage points. Apache did experience a growth of 19M hostnames, but its market share has remained static, while Microsoft and Google had a small drop in market share despite gaining 3.9M and 450K hostnames respectively.
Within the Million Busiest Sites nginx continued its steady growth; gaining just over 12K new sites. Apache saw the biggest loss this month with a drop of 18K hostnames.
The Resin application server has been experiencing strong growth over the past 12 months; seeing an almost tenfold growth from 480k hostnames in February 2011 to 4.7M or 0.77% of the market in February 2012. Resin is a Java application server from Caucho which is used on a number of the Million Busiest Sites, including Bebo — now recovered from its outage last week.
Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 - February 2012
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 - February 2012
(more...)Developer January 2012 Percent February 2012 Percent Change Apache 378,267,399 64.91% 397,867,089 64.92% 0.01 Microsoft 84,288,985 14.46% 88,210,995 14.39% -0.07 nginx 56,087,776 9.63% 60,627,200 9.89% 0.27 Google 18,936,381 3.25% 19,394,196 3.16% -0.09 -
January 2012 Web Server Survey
In the January 2012 survey we received responses from 582,716,657 sites, a growth of 4.9% or 27.2M sites on last month.
All major web server vendors have continued to gain hostnames this month with Apache, once again, achieving the largest increase of just under 16M hostnames. Despite this, Apache's market share fell by 0.3%, negating the increase experienced last month. Although Microsoft gained 1.8M sites it recorded a further drop in market share, extending a trend that dates back as far as June 2010. Conversely, nginx was the only major web server vendor to gain market share this month and set a new all-time high of 9.63%. Furthermore, it saw the second largest absolute growth with an addition of 6.9M hostnames.
In terms of Active Sites, nginx gained 1.9M which resulted in it overtaking Microsoft to have the second largest number of Active Sites (22.2M). Apache experienced the greatest rise this month with an addition of 3.7M Active Sites, more than double the increase it recorded last month.
Across the million busiest sites, Apache and Microsoft both lost market share this month whilst nginx and Google saw a small increase.
Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 - January 2012
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 - January 2012
(more...)Developer December 2011 Percent January 2012 Percent Change Apache 362,267,922 65.22% 378,267,399 64.91% -0.30 Microsoft 82,521,809 14.86% 84,288,985 14.46% -0.39 nginx 49,143,289 8.85% 56,087,776 9.63% 0.78 Google 18,464,148 3.32% 18,936,381 3.25% -0.07 -
December 2011 Web Server Survey
In the December 2011 survey we received responses from 555,482,744 sites, giving a rise of 29.5 million (+5.6%) since last month.
Since June all major web server vendors have continuously gained hostnames. This month Apache saw, once again, the largest increase of just over 20M hostnames, which is the largest gain for Apache in five months. The second largest growth was seen by Microsoft, with a gain of 1.2M; however, this still resulted in Microsoft losing market share. nginx, on the other hand, successfully recovered from its recent loss bringing the web server vendor to another all-time high of 8.85% market share.
All server vendors also saw an increase in Active Sites this month. Apache experienced the largest increase with a gain of nearly 1.5M sites. Microsoft also gained 0.5M Active Sites increasing its market share advantage over its close rival nginx by 0.7 percentage points. The total number of Active Sites in our survey now stands at 175 million.
Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 - December 2011
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 - December 2011
(more...)Developer November 2011 Percent December 2011 Percent Change Apache 341,880,662 65.00% 362,267,922 65.22% 0.22 Microsoft 81,261,099 15.45% 82,521,809 14.86% -0.59 nginx 44,731,780 8.50% 49,143,289 8.85% 0.34 Google 17,749,748 3.37% 18,464,148 3.32% -0.05
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