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Technologies > Server-side Languages > Ruby > Reports Overview > Market Report

Ruby Market Report

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This extensive report shows many detailed statistics of the server-side programming language market with a specific focus on Ruby.

Our technology market report is a detailed monthly report on the usage of Ruby as server-side programming language on websites. The report comes via email as a PDF file and has over 320 pages covering this information:

  • Server-side Programming Languages Industry Reports
    • Usage Report
      How popular is each of the server-side programming languages? Shows percentages of usage for all 23 server-side programming languages that we monitor. Also shows how much these figures changed compared to the last month and to the last year.
    • Historical Trend Report
      How did the popularity of the server-side programming languages change over time? Shows tables and diagrams of historical trends of usage for all server-side programming languages since January 2014. Please note, that we permanently keep adding more server-side programming languages to our surveys, therefore not all of them cover the entire time frame.
    • Growth Rate Report
      Which are the fastest growing server-side programming languages? Shows the current growth rates in the usage of all server-side programming languages both in absolute figures and percentages in the last month and in the last year.
    • New Site Usage Report
      How popular is each of the server-side programming languages among new sites? Shows percentages of usage for all server-side programming languages among sites that were first visited in the last month, because they have only recently entered the top 10 million sites.
    • Top Site Usage Report
      Which server-side programming languages are primarily used by high traffic sites? Shows for each server-side programming language the share of top sites among all the sites that use that specific server-side programming language.
    • Page Speed Report
      What is the average speed when loading pages of different server-side programming languages? Shows for each of the 15 server-side programming languages, for which we have at least 100 measurements, the average Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) measurements, obtained from Google's Chrome User Experience Report (CrUX).
  • Ruby Reports
    • Historical Trend Report
      How did the popularity of Ruby change from month to month? Shows tables and diagrams of monthly trends of usage for Ruby since May 2010.
    • Trend Analysis Report
      Which market segments contributed most to usage changes? Shows which geographical regions, identified by top level domain and content language, saw popularity gains or declines in the popularity of Ruby in the last 12 months.
    • Page Speed Trends
      How did the average page speed of Ruby sites change over time? Shows the monthly trend of average Time to First Byte (TTFB) and Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) measurements of websites that use Ruby since January 2023.
    • Usage Pattern Report
      On which part of websites is Ruby being used? Shows the percentages of websites that use Ruby on the home page, on inner pages only, or on subdomains only.
    • Change Report
      Which percentage of sites switched from another server-side programming language to Ruby and vice versa? Shows the percentages of websites that recently changed between Ruby and other server-side programming languages. It also shows examples of sites that made a change.
    • Ranking Breakdown Report
      Is the popularity of Ruby higher among high traffic sites? Shows usage of Ruby broken down by popularity ranges of the Alexa ranking, that is among the top 1 million sites, the top 100,000, the top 10,000 and the top 1,000 sites. Also shows the popularity rank of Ruby among all server-side programming languages in these ranges and the most popular competing technology.
    • Market Position Report
      Where in the market diagram lies Ruby? Shows the market position of Ruby in terms of popularity and usage by high traffic sites, compared to the most popular server-side programming languages.
    • Multiple Server-side Programming Languages Usage Report
      How frequently are other server-side programming languages used together with Ruby, and which ones? Shows statistics on the usage of Ruby together with other server-side programming languages (if any). We identify here usage on the same site, not necessarily on the same page.
    • Cross-Technologies Breakdown and Segmentation Reports
      In which markets is Ruby particularly strong and which one is the most popular competing technology in each market? A set of reports evaluating the combined usage of two categories of web technologies. This shows, for example, the usage of Ruby on any top level domain compared to its usage on all websites and the most popular competing technology on each top level domain. Also shows the rank of Ruby among all server-side programming languages for each top level domain, compared to its overall rank. Furthermore, this includes the ranking and percentages of all top level domains among all the sites that use Ruby.

      These detailed reports are available not only for top level domains, but also for the usage of Ruby broken down by

      • Content Management Systems
      • Client-side Programming Languages
      • JavaScript Libraries
      • CSS Frameworks
      • Web Servers
      • Web Hosting Providers
      • Data Center Providers
      • Reverse Proxy Services
      • DNS Server Providers
      • Email Server Providers
      • SSL Certificate Authorities
      • JavaScript Content Delivery Networks
      • Traffic Analysis Tools
      • Advertising Networks
      • Tag Managers
      • Social Widgets
      • Site Elements
      • Structured Data Formats
      • Markup Languages
      • Character Encodings
      • Image File Formats
      • Top Level Domains
      • Server Locations
      • Content Languages
    • Geographical Distribution Report
      How popular is Ruby in each country? Shows a colored world map indicating the usage percentage of Ruby by country.
    • List of the 300 most popular sites using Ruby including their usage of other server-side programming languages (if any).
    • List of up to 300 popular sites that started using Ruby in the last month (if there are that many sites in a month), including the server-side programming languages they were using before (if any).
    • List of up to 300 popular sites that discontinued using Ruby in the last month (if there are that many sites in a month), including the server-side programming languages they are using now (if any).

Please see technologies overview for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys, and read our disclaimer to learn about possible incompleteness and inaccuracy of our data.

Table of Content

This is a preview of the current report's table of content.

1. About this Survey 3
2. Quick Summary 5
3. Server-side Programming Languages, Industry Overviews 6
3.1. Usage Overview 6
3.2. Historical Trends 7
3.2.1. Monthly Usage 7
3.2.2. Yearly Usage 9
3.3. Growth Rates 11
3.4. New Site Usage 12
3.5. Top Site Usage 13
3.6. Page Speed 14
4. Ruby, Technology Market Reports 15
4.1. Historical Trends 15
4.2. Trend Analysis 21
4.2.1. Trend Analysis per Top Level Domains 21
4.2.2. Trend Analysis per Content Languages 37
4.3. Page Speed Trends 40
4.4. Usage Pattern 41
4.5. Changes 42
4.6. Ranking Breakdown 43
4.7. Market Position 44
4.8. Breakdown and Segmentation Reports 45
4.8.1. Content Management Systems 45
4.8.2. Client-side Programming Languages 73
4.8.3. JavaScript Libraries 75
4.8.4. CSS Frameworks 79
4.8.5. Web Servers 81
4.8.6. Web Hosting Providers 85
4.8.7. Data Center Providers 133
4.8.8. Reverse Proxy Services 165
4.8.9. DNS Server Providers 167
4.8.10. Email Server Providers 193
4.8.11. SSL Certificate Authorities 219
4.8.12. JavaScript Content Delivery Networks 222
4.8.13. Traffic Analysis Tools 224
4.8.14. Advertising Networks 232
4.8.15. Tag Managers 236
4.8.16. Social Widgets 238
4.8.17. Site Elements 242
4.8.18. Structured Data Formats 246
4.8.19. Markup Languages 248
4.8.20. Character Encodings 250
4.8.21. Image File Formats 252
4.8.22. Top Level Domains 254
4.8.23. Server Locations 293
4.8.24. Content Languages 301
4.9. Geographical Distribution 307
4.10. Popular Sites using Ruby 308
4.11. Sites using Ruby only recently 314
4.12. Sites that recently stopped using Ruby 320

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Purchasing this report entitles you to use the information within your organization and in direct non-public communication with your business partners. The data may not be published or sold to third parties.

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