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December 2016 Web Server Survey

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Web server market share for active sites

Developer November 2016 Percent December 2016 Percent Change
Apache 80,012,251 46.67% 77,011,462 45.27% -1.41
nginx 31,239,615 18.22% 32,113,723 18.88% 0.65
Microsoft 15,257,724 8.90% 17,554,286 10.32% 1.42
Google 13,607,864 7.94% 12,002,411 7.05% -0.88

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Web server market share for top million busiest sites

Developer November 2016 Percent December 2016 Percent Change
Apache 421,783 42.18% 421,308 42.13% -0.05
nginx 278,349 27.83% 281,525 28.15% 0.32
Microsoft 105,963 10.60% 103,862 10.39% -0.21
Google 18,863 1.89% 18,230 1.82% -0.06
Web server market share for computers

Developer November 2016 Percent December 2016 Percent Change
Apache 2,864,288 46.01% 2,812,865 45.59% -0.42
Microsoft 1,532,513 24.62% 1,508,907 24.46% -0.16
nginx 1,102,360 17.71% 1,121,309 18.18% 0.47