November 2003 Web Server Survey
3rd November, 2003
In the November 2003 survey we received responses from 44,946,965 sites.
Apache has a significant percentage gain this month as register.com, a leading domain registrar with a domain parking system serving responses for over one million domains eliminated its Windows front end, and reverted to Linux and Apache which it ran previously. Barely weeks ago its largest rival, Network Solutions made a similar switch from Microsoft-IIS back to SunOne, nee Netscape-Enterprise, for its own domain parking system.
During 2001 and the first half of 2002 several companies hosting very large numbers of hostnames including Webjump, Namezero, Homestead, register.com and Network Solutions migrated to Microsoft-IIS. Subsequently these businesses have either failed, significantly changed their business model, or reverted to their previous platform, and Microsoft-IIS share is now in line with its long term pre-summer 2001 level of around 20%.
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains August 1995 - November 2003
Top Developers
| Developer | October 2003 | Percent | November 2003 | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | 28235972 | 64.61 | 30298060 | 67.41 | 2.80 |
| Microsoft | 10252227 | 23.46 | 9449180 | 21.02 | -2.44 |
| SunONE | 1528090 | 3.50 | 1525202 | 3.39 | -0.11 |
| Zeus | 735179 | 1.68 | 743611 | 1.65 | -0.03 |
October 2003 Web Server Survey
1st October, 2003
In the October 2003 survey we received responses from 43,700,759 sites.
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains August 1995 - October 2003
Top Developers
| Developer | September 2003 | Percent | October 2003 | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | 27836622 | 64.52 | 28235972 | 64.61 | 0.09 |
| Microsoft | 10156289 | 23.54 | 10252227 | 23.46 | -0.08 |
| SunONE | 1501241 | 3.48 | 1528090 | 3.50 | 0.02 |
| Zeus | 742950 | 1.72 | 735179 | 1.68 | -0.04 |
Wildcard TLDs and the Web Server Survey
1st October, 2003
However, Verisign was not the first TLD operator to think of wildcarding their domains, and we already maintain a mechanism for preventing hostnames that resolve to the ip addresses of these wildcarding systems from being included in the survey.
September 2003 Web Server Survey
1st September, 2003
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995
- September 2003
Top Developers
| Developer | August 2003 | Percent | September 2003 | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | 27388860 | 63.98 | 27836622 | 64.52 | 0.54 |
| Microsoft | 10165745 | 23.75 | 10156289 | 23.54 | -0.21 |
| SunONE | 1534586 | 3.58 | 1501241 | 3.48 | -0.10 |
| Zeus | 746240 | 1.74 | 742950 | 1.72 | -0.02 |
August 2003 Web Server Survey
1st August, 2003
The first Web Server Survey ran in August 1995 and found 18,957 sites. NCSA and CERN were the leading web servers of the day, in front of Netscape which had recently IPO'd, and the Apache project which started a few months earlier in March 1995. Microsoft-IIS, HTTP/1.1 hosting and domain name registrars were not then on the horizon.
In the August 2003 survey we received responses from 42,807,275 sites.
Apache hits an all time high in percentage share this month with 63.98% of sites found running an Apache server.
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains August 1995 - August 2003
Top Developers
| Developer | July 2003 | Percent | August 2003 | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | 26951879 | 63.72 | 27388860 | 63.98 | 0.26 |
| Microsoft | 10976342 | 25.95 | 10165745 | 23.75 | -2.20 |
| SunONE | 674571 | 1.59 | 1534586 | 3.58 | 1.99 |
| Zeus | 766943 | 1.81 | 746240 | 1.74 | -0.07 |
Following on from last month, Microsoft continued to lose sites as Network Solutions migrated the rest of their domain parking system back to Solaris from a Windows based system hosted at Interland. This is primarily responsible for Microsoft's 2.2% fall, with a net loss of 810,597 sites.
July 2003 Web Server Survey
2nd July, 2003
The Netcraft Web Server Survey is a survey of Web Server software usage on Internet connected computers. We collect and collate as many hostnames providing an http service as we can find, and systematically poll each one with an HTTP request for the server name.
In the July 2003 survey we received responses from 42,298,371 sites.
Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains August 1995 - July 2003
Top Developers
| Developer | June 2003 | Percent | July 2003 | Percent | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache | 25856505 | 63.16 | 26951879 | 63.72 | 0.56 |
| Microsoft | 10992195 | 26.85 | 10976342 | 25.95 | -0.90 |
| Zeus | 779982 | 1.91 | 766943 | 1.81 | -0.10 |
| SunONE | 419968 | 1.03 | 674571 | 1.59 | 0.56 |
SunONE's significant increase of 254,603 sites is primarily attributable to Network Solutions' migrating around a quarter of a million parked sites back to a Solaris platform. NSI originally ran its domain parking system on Solaris, but moved large numbers of parked domains to a Microsoft-IIS system hosted at Interland over a year ago. NSI still hosts a significant number of parked sites at Interland.