Go

Google, Mountain View, California, United States

Go, also known as Golang, is a high-level, statically typed, compiled programming language developed at Google. It features runtime efficiency, built-in concurrency, and high-performance networking.

According to our data, Go ranks 12th among the programming languages we track.
It has 0.2% of the programming language market share and is detected on 0.1% of all websites.

🏠 Website
- go.dev #52,617
🔗 Links
- Wikipedia
- FAQ
- Awesome Go
</> Source code
- GitHub
👨‍👩‍👦‍👦 Community
- Reddit Stack Overflow

📊 Rankings and Market Share

Programming Languages
- Rank: 12
- Market share: 0.2%
Platforms
- Rank: 8
- Market share: 0.2%

🏆 Go Awards

⭐ 6th most popular in China in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Germany in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in France in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in the Netherlands in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Japan in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in India in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Russia in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Poland in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Finland in the Platforms category.
⭐ 7th most popular in Sweden in the Platforms category.

⚡ Sites Built With Go

We have data on 4,714 websites that use the Go programming language. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Go is twitch.tv.

#	Website	Rank	Country	Language
1	twitch.tv	#42	United States	English
2	uber.com	#117	United States	English
3	bankofamerica.com	#280		American English
4	brave.com	#1,368		English
5	git-scm.com	#1,647	United States	English
6	kubernetes.io	#2,285	United States	English
7	notepad-plus-plus.org	#2,740	France	English
8	grafana.com	#3,379	United States	English
9	robinhood.com	#5,347	United States	English
10	datadoghq.com	#5,850	United States	English
11	numpy.org	#6,981		English
12	playtika.com	#7,447		English
13	newyorker.de	#7,653	Germany	German
14	krita.org	#7,993	Germany	English
15	crossref.org	#8,271	United States	American English
16	qgis.org	#8,763	Finland	English
17	papercut.com	#9,201	Australia	English
18	educ.ar	#12,226	Argentina	Spanish
19	ocado.com	#12,766	United Kingdom	English
20	rclone.org	#12,902	Finland	English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Go:

are located in the United States
have content in English
use the .com domain extension
fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.

🌎 Countries📢 Languages⭐ TLDs🗃️ Domain Categories

Most of the sites using Go are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

Most Go users speak English or German.

The Go programming language is especially popular on .com, .org, and .net top-level domains.

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Go include blogs and wiki, business, and software and hardware.

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Go alternatives.

Rank	Name
1	PHP A widely used free server-side scripting language designed for building dynamic web applications and powering content-driven websites.
1	JavaScript Austin, Texas, United States 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.
3	C# Redmond, Washington, United States A high-level, statically typed, object-oriented programming language developed for the .NET platform.
5	Java Austin, Texas, United States A multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995.
6	Python Wilmington, Delaware, United States A high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language that is particularly popular in data processing and machine learning.