The share of Red Hat among Linux distributions on web servers has dropped to 10%.

Ubuntu is now used on 7% of all web servers, up from 5.5% one year ago.

After a long period of decline, usage of Gentoo for web servers is rising again.

30.1% of all Linux-based websites run one of the established content management systems, but only 9.8% of Windows-based sites.

Most popular Linux distributions running on the servers of the top 1.000 websites:

1. Ubuntu, 2. Debian, 3. CentOS, 4. Red Hat

Changes in the usage of Linux distributions on web servers in the last year:
Debian-based (Debian, Ubuntu): +7.4%
Red Hat-based (Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, Scientific Linux): -6.0%

Scientific Linux is still a niche system on web servers, but it more than quadrupled in the last year.

Ubuntu is now used on 6% of all web servers, up from 4% one year ago.

Debian has surpassed CentOS to become the most popular Linux distribution on web servers.

73.6% of German websites run on Linux, but only 6.9% of Chinese ones: Usage of Linux by top level domains.

Ubuntu now ahead of Red Hat in Linux usage for web servers. Still behind CentOS and Debian: Usage of Linux distribution

Ubuntu has been a popular Linux distribution on desktop systems for some time. Now it is also increasing its market share on web servers. We have a closer look at the statistics.

CentOS is a well known Linux distribution with a strong focus on server machines rather than on desktop PCs. For the first time, CentOS is now leading the Linux distribution statistics on web servers with almost 30% of all Linux servers.