Rust

Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States

Rust is a systems programming language originally developed at Mozilla with a focus on performance, memory safety, and concurrency.

It uses an ownership and borrowing model enforced at compile time to prevent memory errors such as null pointer dereferencing and data races without requiring a garbage collector, and includes pattern matching, async programming support, Cargo package management, and cross-platform compilation.

Rust is used in web and infrastructure software including Discord's backend, Cloudflare edge systems, Deno, Figma, and parts of Firefox, Dropbox, and Amazon Web Services.

According to our data, Rust ranks 19th among the programming languages we track.
It has 0.004% of the programming language market share and is detected on 0.003% of all websites.

It is especially popular in the United States, appearing on 0.004% of all websites in the country.

Statistics based on 4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

📊 Rankings and Market Share

⚡ Sites Built With Rust

We have data on 138 websites that use the Rust programming language. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Rust is dr-flex.de.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 dr-flex.de #31,238 Germany German
2 lemmy.world #60,651 American English
3 itjust.works #107,974 English
4 eteachergroup.com #121,029 United States American English
5 spectable.com #125,032 American English
6 simpleicons.org #150,898 English
7 lemmy.zip #184,347 English
8 xcams-models.com #187,684 Luxembourg English
9 pobb.in #205,361 India English
10 thelemmy.club #308,549 Canada English
11 dioxuslabs.com #316,423 United States English
12 sanuli.fi #358,578 Finland
13 hexbear.net #436,069 France English
14 szmer.info #440,250 Iceland English
15 diggita.com #465,900 Italy English
16 mazean.com #495,155 English
17 egui.rs #612,847 Serbia
18 feddit.dk #631,102 Denmark English
19 lemmy.ml #633,481 Mali English
20 printzessin.ch #910,435 Switzerland Swiss High German

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Rust:

Most of the sites using Rust are from the United States, Germany, and the Netherlands.

  • United States 29.7%
  • Germany 8.8%
  • Netherlands 6.6%
  • Canada 5.5%
  • Finland 4.4%
  • China 3.3%
  • France 3.3%
  • Italy 3.3%
  • Russia 3.3%
  • Other 31.8%

Most Rust users speak English.

  • English 94%
  • German 2.6%
  • Russian 0.9%
  • Spanish 0.9%
  • French 0.9%
  • Bulgarian 0.9%

The Rust programming language is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 32.6%
  • .org 6.5%
  • .dev 4.3%
  • .net 3.6%
  • .social 2.9%
  • .rs 2.9%
  • .it 1.4%
  • .io 1.4%
  • .cafe 1.4%
  • Other 43%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Rust include Internet services, blogs and wiki, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Internet Services 20%
  • Blogs/Wiki 20%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 10%
  • Education/Reference 10%
  • Content Server 10%
  • Shareware/Freeware 10%
  • Art/Culture/Heritage 10%
  • Web Meetings 10%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Rust alternatives.

RankName
3
Lua
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.
4
C#
Redmond, Washington, United States

A high-level, statically typed, object-oriented programming language developed for the .NET platform.
6
Java
Austin, Texas, United States

A multi-platform, object-oriented programming language first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995, designed to run across different systems through the Java Virtual Machine.
7
Scala
Lausanne, Switzerland

An object-oriented programming language designed to improve and address the limitations of Java.
8
TypeScript
Redmond, Washington, United States

A high-level programming language developed by Microsoft that adds optional static typing and advanced language features to JavaScript for building complex applications.

🆚 Compare Alternatives

Compare Rust to…

💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Rust from?

Rust is from Wakefield, Massachusetts, United States.

Which country uses Rust the most?

The majority of Rust users are from the United States.

Who uses Rust?

According to our data, Rust is used on over a hundred sites, including such established ones as dr-flex.de, lemmy.world, and itjust.works.

What are the alternatives to Rust?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Rust may include Lua, C#, and Java.

👉 See Also

🗃️ About This Data