🆚 C# vs. Ruby

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 C# is twice as popular as Ruby.
🌎 C# is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India.
🌍 Ruby is more popular in Australia, Germany, and Japan.

Type

Programming language

About

C# is a high-level, statically typed, object-oriented programming language developed for the .NET platform.

It features strong type safety, automatic memory management via garbage collection, async and parallel programming support, LINQ for data querying, rich standard libraries, and is widely used for building desktop, web, and enterprise applications.

An interpreted, object-oriented, open-source programming language often used for web development.

Headquarters

Redmond, Washington, United States

Website

dotnet.microsoft.com

ruby-lang.org #117,399

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The C# programming language is 1.6 times more popular than Ruby.

Total websites

Market share

Programming Languages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

C# is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and India, while Ruby is more popular in Australia, Germany, and Japan.

United States

United Kingdom

India

China

Italy

Australia

Netherlands

Germany

Turkey

Canada

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in Brunei Darussalam in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in the United Kingdom in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in China in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Italy in the Programming Languages category.

🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Latvia in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Guatemala in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Australia in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

C# is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and education and reference, while Ruby is more commonly used on online shopping, fashion and beauty, and blogs and wiki sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

Education/Reference

Fashion/Beauty

Internet Services

Travel

Sports

Software/Hardware

Health