One thing the most visited websites have in common is that they are dynamic websites. Their development typically involves server-side coding, client-side coding and database technology. The programming languages applied to deliver such dynamic web content vary vastly between sites.
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Programming languages used in most popular websites[a]
| Websites |
Popularity
(unique visitors per month)[1] |
Front-end
(Client-side) |
Back-end
(Server-side) |
Database |
| Google[2] |
2,800,000,000 |
JavaScript, TypeScript |
C, C++, Go,[3] Java, Python, Node |
Bigtable,[4] MariaDB[5] |
| Facebook |
1,120,000,000 |
JavaScript, TypeScript, Flow |
Hack/HHVM, Python, C++, Java, Erlang, D,[6] Haskell[7] |
MariaDB, MySQL,[8] HBase, Cassandra[9] |
| YouTube |
1,100,000,000 |
JavaScript, TypeScript |
Python, C, C++, Java,[10] Go[11] |
Vitess, BigTable, MariaDB[5] |
| Yahoo |
750,000,000 |
JavaScript |
PHP |
PostgreSQL, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB,[12] |
| Etsy |
516,000,000
(Total, not unique)[13] |
JavaScript |
PHP[14] |
MySQL, Redis[15] |
| Amazon |
2,400,000,000[16] |
JavaScript |
Java, C++, Perl[17] |
DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, Redshift[18] |
| Wikipedia |
475,000,000 |
JavaScript |
PHP |
MariaDB[19] |
| Fandom |
315,000,000[20] |
JavaScript |
PHP |
MySQL |
| X |
290,000,000 |
JavaScript |
C++, Java,[21] Scala,[22] Ruby (Ruby on Rails) |
MySQL[23] |
| Bing |
285,000,000 |
JavaScript |
C++, C# |
Microsoft SQL Server, Cosmos DB |
| eBay |
285,000,000 |
JavaScript |
Java,[24] JavaScript,[25] Scala[26] |
Oracle Database |
| MSN |
280,000,000 |
JavaScript |
C# (ASP.NET) |
Microsoft SQL Server |
| LinkedIn |
260,000,000 |
JavaScript |
Java, JavaScript,[27] Scala |
Venice[28][29] |
| Pinterest |
250,000,000 |
JavaScript |
Python (Django),[30] Erlang, Elixir[31] |
MySQL, Redis[32] |
| WordPress.com |
240,000,000 [33] |
JavaScript |
PHP[34] |
MariaDB[35] |
| Netflix |
223.090.000 (Subscribers, not visitors) |
JavaScript |
Python, Java[36] |
NMDB,[37] PostgreSQL |
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Data on programming languages is based on:
- HTTP Header information
- Request for file types
- Citations from reliable sources
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Back-end (Server-side) table in most popular websites
| Websites |
C# |
C |
C++ |
D |
Elixir |
Erlang |
Go |
Hack |
Haskell |
Java |
JavaScript |
Perl |
PHP |
Python |
Ruby |
Scala |
| Google |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Facebook |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| YouTube |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Yahoo |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Etsy |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Amazon |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Wikipedia |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Fandom |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| X |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| eBay |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| MSN |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| LinkedIn |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Pinterest |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| WordPress.com |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Netflix |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
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