🆚 Python vs. Ruby on Rails

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Ruby on Rails is much more popular than Python.
🌎 Ruby on Rails is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Python is more popular in Switzerland, Belgium, and Ukraine.

Python

Ruby on Rails

Type

Programming language

Backend framework

About

Python is a high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language that is particularly popular in data processing and machine learning.

Ruby on Rails is a full-stack framework that includes everything needed to build database-driven web applications using the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

It emphasizes a standardized folder structure and naming, follows DRY ("don't repeat yourself") and the "convention over configuration" principles, provides an Active Record ORM, a built-in asset pipeline for CSS and JavaScript preprocessing, and an integrated testing framework.

Headquarters

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Website

python.org #429

rubyonrails.org #180,446

Pricing

Free ✔️Open source

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Ruby on Rails backend framework is 8 times more popular than Python.

Total websites

Market share

Platforms

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Ruby on Rails is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, while Python is more popular in Switzerland, Belgium, and Ukraine.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

India

Australia

Netherlands

Canada

Japan

France

Italy

Awards

⭐ 4th most popular in Ukraine in the Platforms category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Iran in the Platforms category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Nepal in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 4th most popular in Nepal in the Platforms category.
⭐ 5th most popular in Switzerland in the Platforms category.

🥇 Most popular in Australia in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Japan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in France in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in Pakistan in the Backend Frameworks category.
🥇 Most popular in New Zealand in the Backend Frameworks category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Ruby on Rails is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty, while Python is more commonly used on health sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Fashion/Beauty

Business

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Entertainment

Blogs/Wiki

Sports

Software/Hardware