Memcached
Memcached is an open-source event-based key-value store that keeps data in memory to deliver very low latency access and high throughput.
It can handle over 200,000 operations per second on fast hardware, uses multi-threading to leverage multiple CPU cores, and applies Least Recently Used cache eviction policy when it runs out of memory.
According to our data, Memcached is the second most popular database technology on the web.
It has 6.4% of the database market share and is detected on 2.8% of all websites.
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Memcached💸 Pricing
Memcached is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Databases
- Rank: 2
- Market share: 6.4%
🏆 Memcached Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United States in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Canada in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in New Zealand in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Mexico in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in South Africa in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Switzerland in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Singapore in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Hong Kong in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Philippines in the Databases category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Taiwan in the Databases category.
⚡ Sites Using Memcached
We have data on 97,556 websites that use Memcached database technology. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Memcached is 
instagram.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instagram.com |
#5 | United States | English |
| 2 |  pinterest.com |
#15 | English | |
| 3 | #19 | United States | English | |
| 4 |  spotify.com |
#22 | Sweden | English |
| 5 |  soundcloud.com |
#40 | Germany | English |
| 6 | #49 | English | ||
| 7 |  shopify.com |
#51 | Canada | English |
| 8 |  tumblr.com |
#78 | United States | American English |
| 9 | #477 | Germany | German | |
| 10 | #521 | Japan | Japanese | |
| 11 | #556 | United States | American English | |
| 12 | weebly.com | #1,634 | United States | English |
| 13 | #1,852 | English | ||
| 14 | #1,917 | Switzerland | American English | |
| 15 | #2,163 | United States | English | |
| 16 | #2,306 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #2,336 | Lithuania | American English | |
| 18 | #2,431 | Australia | English | |
| 19 | #2,507 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 20 | #2,686 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Memcached:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Online Shopping category.
Most of the sites using Memcached are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and India.
- United States 29%
- United Kingdom 10.4%
- India 6.2%
- Australia 6.1%
- Canada 4.9%
- Germany 4.6%
- France 3.5%
- Japan 3.3%
- Italy 2.6%
- Other 29.4%
Most Memcached users speak English, Spanish, or German.
- English 80%
- Spanish 3.7%
- German 3.1%
- French 2.6%
- Japanese 2.1%
- Italian 1.5%
- Dutch 1%
- Portuguese 0.9%
- Danish 0.4%
- Other 4.7%
Memcached database technology is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 65.2%
- .co.uk 3.4%
- .org 3.3%
- .com.au 3.1%
- .de 1.8%
- .ca 1.5%
- .net 1.3%
- .in 1.2%
- .it 0.9%
- Other 18.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Memcached include online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and fashion and beauty.
- Online Shopping 37.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12%
- Fashion/Beauty 11.9%
- Business 8.5%
- Blogs/Wiki 4.1%
- Sports 2.7%
- Entertainment 2.7%
- Education/Reference 2%
- Health 2%
- Other 16.6%
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PostgreSQL💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use Memcached for free?
Yes, it is a free database technology.
It is also open source, and you can access its source code on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Memcached the most?
The majority of Memcached users are from the United States.
Who uses Memcached?
According to our data, Memcached is used on thousands of sites, including instagram.com, pinterest.com, and netflix.com.
Is Memcached used on government websites?
Overall, we found Memcached on 20 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Memcached?
Yes. Overall, we know of 44 academic websites in the United States that use Memcached.
How does Memcached stack up against the competition?
Memcached is one of the most popular database technologies, second only to MySQL.
🗃️ 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 3,512,920 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.