🆚 JavaScript vs. Lua

📈 JavaScript is much more popular than Lua.
🌍 JavaScript is more popular in all countries.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

JavaScript

Lua

Type

Programming language

About

JavaScript is an interpreted programming language and a core technology of the web, alongside HTML and CSS, used to add interactivity and logic to websites and web applications.

It runs in all major browsers, supports event-driven and asynchronous programming, includes a standardized specification called ECMAScript, and is widely used for client-side scripting, server-side development, and cross-platform applications.

Lua is a lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.

It features a small core written in C/C++, automatic memory management, fast execution through a simple virtual machine, a flexible table-based data model, and a standard library that fits in a few hundred kilobytes, making it suitable for games, embedded systems, and extensible software.

Headquarters

Austin, Texas, United States

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Website

ecma-international.org #1,072,074

lua.org #242,745

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The JavaScript programming language is 18 times more popular than Lua.

Total websites

Market share

Programming Languages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

JavaScript is more popular than Lua in all countries.

United States

Germany

Japan

United Kingdom

France

Netherlands

Italy

Spain

Russia

India

Awards

🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Programming Languages category.
🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Programming Languages category.
🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Programming Languages category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Programming Languages category.

🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in France in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Programming Languages category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

JavaScript is more popular among sites focused on business, online shopping, and education and reference, while Lua is more commonly used on marketing and merchandising, fashion and beauty, and sports sites.

Business

Online Shopping

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Internet Services

Entertainment

Health

General News

Software/Hardware

Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

Name

Rank

p**nhub.com

#26

#49

#51

#179

#222