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.
Websites |
Popularity (unique visitors per month) [1] |
Front-end ( Client-side) |
Back-end ( Server-side) |
Database | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google [2] | 2,800,000,000 | JavaScript, TypeScript | C, C++, Go, [3] Java, Python, Node | Bigtable, [4] MariaDB [5] | The most used search engine in the world. |
1,120,000,000 | JavaScript, Typescript, Flow | Hack/ HHVM, Python, C++, Java, Erlang, D, [6] Haskell [7] | MariaDB, MySQL, [8] HBase, Cassandra [9] | The most visited social networking site. | |
YouTube | 1,100,000,000 | JavaScript, TypeScript | Python, C, C++, Java, [10] Go [11] | Vitess, BigTable, MariaDB [5] | The most popular video sharing site. |
Yahoo | 750,000,000 | JavaScript | PHP | PostgreSQL, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, [12] | |
Etsy | 516,000,000 (Total, not unique) [13] | JavaScript | PHP [14] [15] | MySQL, Redis [16] | E-commerce website. |
Amazon | 2,400,000,000 [17] | JavaScript | Java, C++, Perl [18] | DynamoDB, RDS/ Aurora, Redshift [19] | The most used e-commerce site in the world. |
Wikipedia | 475,000,000 | JavaScript | PHP | MariaDB [20] | A free online encyclopedia based on MediaWiki, which is programmed in PHP. |
Fandom | 315,000,000 [21] | JavaScript | PHP | MySQL | Wiki hosting service. |
X | 290,000,000 | JavaScript | C++, Java, [22] Scala, [23] Ruby ( Ruby on Rails) | MySQL [24] | Popular social network. |
Bing | 285,000,000 | JavaScript | C++, C# | Microsoft SQL Server, Cosmos DB | Search engine from Microsoft. |
eBay | 285,000,000 | JavaScript | Java, [25] JavaScript, [26] Scala [27] | Oracle Database | Online auction house. |
MSN | 280,000,000 | JavaScript | C# ( ASP.NET) | Microsoft SQL Server | An email client, for simple use. Previously known as "messenger", not to be confused with Facebook's messaging platform. |
260,000,000 | JavaScript | Java, JavaScript, [28] Scala | Venice [29] [30] | World's largest professional network. | |
250,000,000 | JavaScript | Python ( Django), [31] Erlang, Elixir [32] | MySQL, Redis [33] | Search engine for ideas. | |
WordPress.com | 240,000,000 [34] | JavaScript | PHP [35] | MariaDB [36] | Website manager software. |
Netflix | 223.090.000 (Subscribers, not visitors) | JavaScript | Python, Java [37] | NMDB, [38] PostgreSQL | The biggest video streaming service in the world. |
*data on programming languages is based on:
Websites | C# | C | C++ | D | Elixir | Erlang | Go | Hack | Haskell | Java | JavaScript | Perl | PHP | Python | Ruby | Scala |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
YouTube | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Yahoo | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 |
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 |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
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 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
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.
Websites |
Popularity (unique visitors per month) [1] |
Front-end ( Client-side) |
Back-end ( Server-side) |
Database | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google [2] | 2,800,000,000 | JavaScript, TypeScript | C, C++, Go, [3] Java, Python, Node | Bigtable, [4] MariaDB [5] | The most used search engine in the world. |
1,120,000,000 | JavaScript, Typescript, Flow | Hack/ HHVM, Python, C++, Java, Erlang, D, [6] Haskell [7] | MariaDB, MySQL, [8] HBase, Cassandra [9] | The most visited social networking site. | |
YouTube | 1,100,000,000 | JavaScript, TypeScript | Python, C, C++, Java, [10] Go [11] | Vitess, BigTable, MariaDB [5] | The most popular video sharing site. |
Yahoo | 750,000,000 | JavaScript | PHP | PostgreSQL, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB, [12] | |
Etsy | 516,000,000 (Total, not unique) [13] | JavaScript | PHP [14] [15] | MySQL, Redis [16] | E-commerce website. |
Amazon | 2,400,000,000 [17] | JavaScript | Java, C++, Perl [18] | DynamoDB, RDS/ Aurora, Redshift [19] | The most used e-commerce site in the world. |
Wikipedia | 475,000,000 | JavaScript | PHP | MariaDB [20] | A free online encyclopedia based on MediaWiki, which is programmed in PHP. |
Fandom | 315,000,000 [21] | JavaScript | PHP | MySQL | Wiki hosting service. |
X | 290,000,000 | JavaScript | C++, Java, [22] Scala, [23] Ruby ( Ruby on Rails) | MySQL [24] | Popular social network. |
Bing | 285,000,000 | JavaScript | C++, C# | Microsoft SQL Server, Cosmos DB | Search engine from Microsoft. |
eBay | 285,000,000 | JavaScript | Java, [25] JavaScript, [26] Scala [27] | Oracle Database | Online auction house. |
MSN | 280,000,000 | JavaScript | C# ( ASP.NET) | Microsoft SQL Server | An email client, for simple use. Previously known as "messenger", not to be confused with Facebook's messaging platform. |
260,000,000 | JavaScript | Java, JavaScript, [28] Scala | Venice [29] [30] | World's largest professional network. | |
250,000,000 | JavaScript | Python ( Django), [31] Erlang, Elixir [32] | MySQL, Redis [33] | Search engine for ideas. | |
WordPress.com | 240,000,000 [34] | JavaScript | PHP [35] | MariaDB [36] | Website manager software. |
Netflix | 223.090.000 (Subscribers, not visitors) | JavaScript | Python, Java [37] | NMDB, [38] PostgreSQL | The biggest video streaming service in the world. |
*data on programming languages is based on:
Websites | C# | C | C++ | D | Elixir | Erlang | Go | Hack | Haskell | Java | JavaScript | Perl | PHP | Python | Ruby | Scala |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
YouTube | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
Yahoo | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 |
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 |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
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 | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |