Play Framework
Play Framework is a community-maintained, high-velocity web framework for Java and Scala.
It provides a stateless, asynchronous architecture based on Akka, a modular structure for scalable applications, hot code reloading, built-in testing support, and native JSON handling for APIs.
According to our data, Play Framework ranks 26th among the backend frameworks we track.
It has 0.2% of the backend framework market share and is detected on 0.02% of all websites.
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Play Framework is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Backend Frameworks
- Rank: 26
- Market share: 0.2%
🏆 Play Framework Awards
- 🔥 18th most popular in the United States in the Backend Frameworks category.
⚡ Sites Built With Play Framework
We have data on 769 websites that use Play Framework technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Play Framework is symbolab.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #6,726 | English | ||
| 2 | #8,170 | United States | English | |
| 3 | #10,640 | Sweden | English | |
| 4 | #10,856 | Lithuania | Croatian | |
| 5 | #17,978 | Denmark | Danish | |
| 6 | #20,176 | English | ||
| 7 | #21,377 | Portugal | Portuguese | |
| 8 | #27,521 | United States | English | |
| 9 | #42,985 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 10 | #48,705 | English | ||
| 11 | #49,012 | English | ||
| 12 | #55,214 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #58,427 | Japan | English | |
| 14 | #60,566 | English | ||
| 15 | #68,740 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 16 | #77,521 | Australia | English | |
| 17 | #79,900 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #81,577 | English | ||
| 19 | #95,612 | Spanish | ||
| 20 | #102,897 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Play Framework:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Finance/Banking category.
Most of the sites using Play Framework are from the United States.
- United States 59.2%
- Finland 4.6%
- United Kingdom 4.1%
- Germany 2.6%
- Japan 2.6%
- Norway 2.6%
- France 2.3%
- Netherlands 1.8%
- Poland 1.5%
- Other 18.7%
Most Play Framework users speak English.
- English 88.5%
- Finnish 1.8%
- Norwegian 1.2%
- Spanish 1%
- Japanese 1%
- Russian 0.8%
- German 0.8%
- Portuguese 0.8%
- French 0.7%
- Other 3.4%
Play Framework technology is especially popular on .com, .org, and .bank top-level domains.
- .com 66.1%
- .org 9.1%
- .bank 7.3%
- .fi 2%
- .net 1.4%
- .io 1.4%
- .no 1%
- .fr 0.7%
- .pl 0.7%
- Other 10.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Play Framework include finance and banking, business, and Internet services.
- Finance/Banking 56.8%
- Business 8.4%
- Internet Services 3.9%
- Education/Reference 3.9%
- Marketing/Merchandising 3.2%
- Online Shopping 2.6%
- Entertainment 2.6%
- General News 2.6%
- Job Search 1.9%
- Other 14.1%
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Is Play Framework free?
Yes, it is a free backend framework.
It is also open source, and you can access its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Play Framework the most?
The majority of Play Framework users are from the United States.
Who uses Play Framework?
According to our data, Play Framework is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as symbolab.com,
megogo.net, and
soundtrap.com.
Do academic institutions use Play Framework?
Yes. The most notable of these is ufgd.edu.br.
How does Play Framework compare to its competitors?
Play Framework is a moderately popular backend framework, ranking ahead of 41 other backend frameworks we track.
What are the alternatives to Play Framework?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Play Framework may include 
Jakarta Servlet, 
Jakarta Server Pages, and 
Apache Sling.