The share of nginx by Web server software exceeds 3%, the champion Apache shares 50%

ByPaul Downey

Speaking of the world's most widely used Web server software, "1995" born "Apache HTTP ServerAlthough it is still the top that still is still, in recent years "Nginx"Is overwhelmingly increasing the market share to 33.3%.

Nginx reaches 33.3% web server market share while Apache falls below 50%
https://w3techs.com/blog/entry/nginx_reaches_33_3_percent_web_server_market_share_while_apache_falls_below_50_percent


Investigate World Wide Web technologyW3 TechsAccording to the Web server software market, nginx (Engine X) has grown remarkably, the market share as of January 2010 was 3.9%, but it reached 10% in 2012. By 2014Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)In 2017, we finally reached 33.3%. Nginx is a software developed by developer Igor Sysoev since 2002, boasting an overwhelming share of 76.8% in Russia, as well as holding shares in the former Soviet Union countries, Asia, Africa and South America.

Meanwhile, Apache, which is the most common in Web server software, is popular in the US and Europe, and still keeps the number one share of the market still, but in 2010 the share that was over 71.5% was 50% It is decreasing to. Also, Microsoft IIS, which was second in the market, is also small, but in seven years naginx has passed us and the share has dropped to 11.3%. IIS has high occupancy rate in China, Turkey, Egypt, Arab countries.


Looking at the breakdown,HTTP / 276.8% of sites supporting nginx were using nginx, while only 2.3% used Apache. W3 Techs wrote that this is because there is no mystery to think that Apache's HTTP / 2 module is still classified as "under experiment".

Similar trends were seen on sites supporting IPv6, 63.3% of the sites that used nginx tripled Apache.

In addition, looking at OS by OS, it is said that there was no clear trend.