🆚 CentOS vs. Ubuntu
- 📈 Ubuntu is four times more popular than CentOS.
- 🌎 Ubuntu is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Russia.
- 🌍 CentOS is more popular in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Statistics based on 3.5M+ analyzed websites. About this data
CentOS
UbuntuType
Operating system
Operating system
About
Linux
RHELUbuntu is a free operating system based on 
Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments.
It includes the GNOME desktop environment, uses APT and 
Snap for software distribution, provides built-in security with AppArmor and unattended updates, offers official cloud images and container support with tools like 
Docker and 
Kubernetes, and is available on major cloud platforms such as 
AWS, 
Microsoft Azure, and 
Google Cloud.
Headquarters
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
London, United Kingdom
Pricing
Free version ✔️Open source
Ubuntu Pro Server$500+/year
Categories
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The Ubuntu operating system is 4 times more popular than CentOS.
Total websites
Market share
Operating Systems
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
Ubuntu is more popular in the United States, Germany, and Russia, while CentOS is more popular in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
United States
Germany
Russia
Japan
United Kingdom
India
Italy
France
Netherlands
Brazil
Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Japan in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Panama in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Panama in the Legacy category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Japan in the Legacy category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Russia in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Ukraine in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Finland in the Operating Systems category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Indonesia in the Operating Systems category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
Ubuntu is more popular among sites focused on business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising, while CentOS is more commonly used on sports sites.
Business
Education/Reference
Marketing/Merchandising
Online Shopping
Internet Services
Entertainment
Blogs/Wiki
Software/Hardware
General News
Travel
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
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TurboLinux🗃️ 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 3,531,795 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.