Programming languages used in most popular websites

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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 dynamic web content, however, vary
vastly between sites.

Popularity
(unique Front-end
visitors per (Client- Back-end
Websites month)[1] side) (Server-side) Database Notes

Google[2] 1,600,000,000 JavaScript, C, C++,PHP, Go,[3] Bigtable,[4] The most used search engine in the world
TypeScript Java,[PHP], Python, MariaDB[5]
Node

Facebook 1,120,000,000 JavaScript, Hack, PHP (HHVM), MariaDB, The most visited social networking site
Flow Python, C++, Java, MySQL,[9]
Erlang, D,[6] XHP,[7] HBase,
Haskell[8] Cassandra[10]

YouTube 1,100,000,000 JavaScript C, C++, Python, PHP Vitess, The most popular video sharing site
,Java,[11] Go[12] BigTable, [YouTube is also owned by Google, the
MariaDB[5][13] first listing (can be seen above)]

Yahoo 750,000,000 JavaScript PHP PostgreSQL,

HBase,
Cassandra,
MongoDB,[14]

Etsy 516,000,000[15] JavaScript PHP[16][17] MySQL, E-commerce website.

Redis[18]

Amazon 500,000,000 JavaScript Java, PHP ,C++, DynamoDB, The most used e-commerce site in the
Perl[19] RDS/Aurora, world
Redshift[20]

Wikipedia 475,000,000 JavaScript PHP MariaDB[21] A free online encyclopedia based on

MediaWiki, which is programmed in PHP

Fandom 315,000,000[22] JavaScript PHP MySQL Wiki hosting service.

Twitter 290,000,000 JavaScript C++, Java,[23] Scala,[24] MySQL[25] Popular social network
Ruby

Bing 285,000,000 JavaScript C++, C# Microsoft SQL Search engine from Microsoft.
Server,
Cosmos DB

eBay 285,000,000 JavaScript Java,[26] JavaScript,[27] Oracle Online auction house.

Scala[28] Database

MSN 280,000,000 JavaScript C# Microsoft SQL An email client, for simple use. Previously
Server known as "messenger", not to be
confused with Facebook's messaging
platform.

LinkedIn 260,000,000 JavaScript Java, JavaScript,[29] Venice[30][31] World's largest professional network.
Scala

Pinterest 250,000,000 JavaScript Python (Django),[32] MySQL, Search engine for ideas.
Erlang Redis[33]

WordPress.com 240,000,000 JavaScript PHP[34] MariaDB[35] Website manager software.

Programming languages used in most popular websites*

*data on programming languages is based on:

HTTP Header information

Request for file types
Citations from reliable sources

Websites C# C C++ D Erlang Go Hack Haskell Java JavaScript Perl PHP Python Ruby Scala XH

Google No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No No

YouTube No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No No

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Websites C# C C++ D Erlang Go Hack Haskell Java JavaScript Perl PHP Python Ruby Scala XH

Facebook No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Ye

Yahoo No Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No

Amazon No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No

Wikipedia No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No

Twitter No No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes No

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 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No

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 Yes Yes No No No No Yes No

Pinterest No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No No

WordPress.com No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No

Back-end (Server-side) table in most popular websites

See also
Comparison of programming languages
List of programming languages
TIOBE index
Hello World

References
1. ^ "Top 15 Most Popular Websites May 2018". eBiz. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
2. ^ searchenginewatch.com - Google Hits the Billion Monthly Unique Visitors Mark
3. ^ Rob Pike (2012). Go at Google. Presentation at the ACM conference on Systems, Programming, Languages and Applications:
Software for Humanity (SPLASH).
4. ^ "Google's Bigtable". Archived from the original on 16 June 2006.
5. ^ "MySQL and Database Engineering".
6. ^ Jennewine, Trevor (1 February 2021). "Where Will Etsy Be in 5 Years?". The Motley Fool. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
7. ^ Garg, Sumit. "Top Programming Languages for Mobile App Development: Updated in 2020". Konstantinfo. Retrieved 14
December 2021.
8. ^ "Amazon Architecture".
9. ^ Venners, Bill. "Twitter on Scala".
10. ^ "eBay Architecture". Retrieved 13 October 2014.
11. ^ "squbs".
12. ^ "FAQ:General". Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
13. ^ "PHP Environment". WordPress.com Support. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

External links
"Most Popular Websites on the Internet". Mostpopularwebsites.net. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 2
March 2012.
Smith, Catharine (24 June 2011). "The 17 Most-Visited Sites Of 2011 Ranked By Google". HuffPost. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
Smith, Cooper (11 August 2011). "The 19 Most Popular Sites On The Web (Right Now), Ranked By Alexa". HuffPost. Retrieved 2
March 2012.
"Alexa Top 500 Global Sites". Alexa.com. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
"Top 40 Website Programming Languages". Rogchap.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 March
2012.
"TIOBE Software: The Coding Standards Company". Tiobe.com. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
"Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages in the World". Gdatamart.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.

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