After months of development, we are excited to introduce our web technology ranking and comparison service to the public. This new section of Webmaster Tips is designed to help developers, business owners, marketers, and analysts explore, analyze, and compare the technologies that power the web.
Technology Rankings
Our service tracks more than 4,400 technologies used across websites worldwide. These are organized into over 160 categories, including CMS, e-commerce solutions, analytics tools, advertising platforms, payment systems, web standards, content delivery networks, and more.
Want to know which technologies dominate globally or in a specific niche? Just take a look at our charts to see the most popular technologies on the web.
You can also browse technologies by category, ranked by their market share. For example, here is a chart showing the most popular frontend frameworks as ranked by us:
Detailed Technology Information
For each technology from our database, you'll find detailed information that includes:
- a brief description
- links to its official website and source code (if available)
- pricing information
- rankings and market share
- usage statistics, including where the technology is most popular — broken down by top countries, languages, and domain categories
- a list of the top 20 most popular websites using the technology
- a list of the technologies similar to this technology
This data makes it easy to identify relative technology popularity, evaluate its competitors, or simply satisfy your curiosity.
For example, here is what the Contentful CMS profile looks like:
You can also explore the top users of every technology:
Country Segmentation
One of the standout features of our service is the ability to explore how technologies perform in different countries. By drilling down into specific regions, you may discover unexpected differences between local and global trends.
For example, while WooCommerce leads the global e-commerce market with around 35% market share, it holds only 7.6% in Japan, where Shopify and local platforms such as MakeShop Japan and Color Me Shop are particularly popular.
For your convenience, we highlight technologies that stand out on a country level compared to the entire world market.
For example, from the Country Highlights screenshot below, you can see that HR management software is highly fragmented by country, and some solutions are the clear #1 in specific markets.
Technology awards add another layer of insight. These highlight where technologies have especially strong positions.
For example, TYPO3 ranks 4th globally among all content management systems, but it is the second most popular CMS in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Rwanda:
Version Statistics
For some technologies, we've gone even further by providing statistics on versions, editions, and other specific values.
For instance, you can see that Nginx version 1.18 is the most common, powering 17.2% of the sites where versions were detected:
Similarly, the Lite edition of WPForms dominates with around 82% of installations, while the Pro edition trails with 18%:
You'll also find statistics for some other values, like Charset or Meta Robots:
Linked Technologies
Another outstanding feature of our service is that we also track technologies that are linked from websites. This allows us to estimate the popularity of online services such as social networks, code repositories, customer review platforms, marketplaces, business listing and design portfolio platforms, audio streaming services, and URL shorteners.
For example, on the page of the social platform Facebook you can see a list of the top sites that link to Facebook along with their profiles:
Side-by-Side Comparisons
Want to know how two technologies compare to each other? Our side-by-side comparison tool lets you answer questions about which is more popular: React vs. Vue, Bluesky vs. Threads, or Linux vs. Windows.
For example, you can see that Linux dominates in countries like the United States, Germany, and Italy, while Windows leads in China, Turkey, and Denmark:
Advanced Detection and Better Accuracy
We strive to detect technologies as accurately as possible. We use advanced algorithms that are able to detect technologies often missed by other services, such as backend frameworks like Flask, Laravel, and Phoenix.
Also, many sites today use Whois privacy and hide their IP address behind a CDN, making determining the country of a website a tricky task. We use proprietary multi-level country detection methods that do their best to detect a website's country, providing more accurate geographic segmentation.
Conclusion
We're proud to share this new service with the world and hope it will be a valuable resource for anyone seeking insights into web technologies. Whether you're a developer picking your next framework, a business owner scouting for the best e-commerce platform, or a researcher analyzing global trends, we believe there's something here for everyone.
Your feedback is welcome! Suggest technologies you would like us to add using the Contact page.
