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 28th among the backend frameworks we track.
It has 0.2% of the backend framework market share and is detected on 0.03% of all websites.
It is especially popular in the United States, appearing on 0.06% of all websites in the country.
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Play Framework is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Backend Frameworks
- Rank: 28
- Market share: 0.2%
🏆 Play Framework Awards
- 🔥 17th most popular in the United States in the Backend Frameworks category.
⚡ Sites Built With Play Framework
We have data on 1,050 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 mojekrpice.rs.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #10,927 | Lithuania | Croatian | |
| 2 | #14,359 | English | ||
| 3 | #18,218 | Sweden | English | |
| 4 | #19,961 | United States | English | |
| 5 | #26,096 | Denmark | Danish | |
| 6 | #31,835 | Australia | English | |
| 7 | #49,259 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 8 | #51,102 | English | ||
| 9 | #53,709 | English | ||
| 10 | #59,337 | English | ||
| 11 | #59,442 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #61,839 | United States | English | |
| 13 | #71,224 | United States | English | |
| 14 | #71,243 | Germany | German | |
| 15 | #74,349 | English | ||
| 16 | #77,094 | Japan | English | |
| 17 | #78,190 | United States | English | |
| 18 | #93,799 | English | ||
| 19 | #105,339 | United States | English | |
| 20 | #111,009 | United States | 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 64%
- Finland 4.8%
- United Kingdom 4.1%
- Germany 2.8%
- Canada 2%
- France 2%
- Netherlands 1.8%
- Norway 1.8%
- Japan 1.7%
- Other 15%
Most Play Framework users speak English.
- English 89.8%
- Finnish 2.1%
- German 1.1%
- Spanish 1%
- Norwegian 1%
- Japanese 0.8%
- Polish 0.7%
- Russian 0.6%
- Dutch 0.6%
- Other 2.3%
Play Framework technology is especially popular on .com, .org, and .bank top-level domains.
- .com 64.3%
- .org 8.7%
- .bank 8.5%
- .fi 2.3%
- .io 1.5%
- .net 1.4%
- .no 1%
- .co.uk 0.8%
- .pl 0.7%
- Other 10.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Play Framework include finance and banking, business, and marketing and merchandising.
- Finance/Banking 56.4%
- Business 7.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 5%
- Internet Services 3.9%
- Job Search 3.3%
- Education/Reference 2.8%
- General News 2.8%
- Online Shopping 2.2%
- Entertainment 2.2%
- Other 13.7%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Play Framework from?
Play Framework is from France.
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 over a thousand sites, including such established ones as mojekrpice.rs,
symbolab.com, 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, 
Apache Sling, and 
Jakarta Server Pages.
🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 4,001,723 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.