Apache Market Share Slips Below 50%

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A new study by internet monitoring firm Netcraft has revealed that Apache, a popular open-source HTTP server, has now dropped to below 50% of the market. Out of 127,961,479 websites looked at, the sruvey found that Apache was on 48.42% of web servers, with Microsoft taking second place at 36.21%. This marks a dramatic decline from a survey taken in November, 2005, when Apache was on 71 per cent of web servers while Microsoft struggled to make 20 per cent. In a statement, Netcraft noted that "Apache's lead remains substantial in both categories. It's worth noting that Apache has lost market share to another open source server, lighttpd (1.2 per cent of all sites), and Google (4.4 per cent) as well as Windows. But if Microsoft continues to gain share at its current pace, it could close the gap on Apache sometime in 2008." Finally, it's also worth noting that the Google server uses Apache software.

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(1 reply) #1 seamer on 07 Aug 2007 - 16:18

Should I guess 'Google' refers to the domains G hosts under the Google-apps-for-your-domain banner?

#1.1 fobban on 08 Aug 2007 - 09:09

I'm not sure, but my guess would be that it means pages that are hosted on googlepages.com. If you have an Google account you can create your own web pages at http://pages.google.com. It might be those.

#2 Express on 07 Aug 2007 - 16:19

Who cares. People use what they want.

(2 replies) #3 Croquant on 07 Aug 2007 - 17:37

And if you looked at another 127,961,479 servers, you might get a completely different set of numbers. The internet is a big place, you know.

#3.1 fivehorizons on 07 Aug 2007 - 18:06

You might, but it's doubtful as long as the study was done right. As long as you get a fair sample of data, the numbers should be fairly accurate.

#3.2 Ledward on 08 Aug 2007 - 00:27

If you doubt their research methodogy, you can always read their entire white paper. It'll tell you how they did it.

(1 reply) #4 Lastwebpage on 07 Aug 2007 - 17:54

Sorry, but what is a Appache or a Windows Webserver in this statistic?
I setup the IIS from windows (XP Pro or Vista), put some pictures in a folder, setup an DynDns service in my router, and give my friends the link to it? Is this a windows WebServer in this statistic?

Peter

#4.1 markjensen on 07 Aug 2007 - 18:26

I did a quick look on Netcraft's site, and found some documented methodologies.
Here: http://survey.netcraft.com/index-200007.html
and here: http://survey.netcraft.com/mechanics.html

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