🆚 .NET vs. Java
Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *- 📈 .NET is twice as popular as Java.
- 🌎 .NET is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.
- 🌍 Java is more popular in Korea, Indonesia, and Estonia.
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About
.NET is a free, cross-platform, open-source developer platform from Microsoft.
Java is a multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995.
Headquarters
Redmond, Washington, United States
Austin, Texas, United States
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Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The .NET platform is 2.2 times more popular than Java.
Total websites
Market share
Platforms
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
.NET is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, while Java is more popular in Korea, Indonesia, and Estonia.
United States
United Kingdom
China
Italy
India
Turkey
Germany
Australia
Netherlands
Canada
Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in China in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the Platforms category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Vatican in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Korea in the Platforms category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vatican in the Programming Languages category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Platforms category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in China in the Platforms category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
.NET is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Java is more commonly used on blogs and wiki, and motor vehicles sites.
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Education/Reference
Online Shopping
Finance/Banking
Health
Sports
Travel
Internet Services
Government/Military
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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