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May 2018 Web Server Survey

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Web server market share for active sites

Developer April 2018 Percent May 2018 Percent Change
Apache 75,298,051 42.41% 73,936,582 42.04% -0.37
nginx 37,478,429 21.11% 37,427,068 21.28% 0.17
Google 14,159,867 7.97% 14,279,471 8.12% 0.14
Microsoft 11,935,138 6.72% 11,897,685 6.76% 0.04

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Web server market share for top million busiest sites

Developer April 2018 Percent May 2018 Percent Change
Apache 363,431 36.34% 360,234 36.02% -0.32
nginx 241,869 24.19% 242,826 24.28% 0.10
Microsoft 93,533 9.35% 92,776 9.28% -0.08
LiteSpeed 14,676 1.47% 14,777 1.48% 0.01
Web server market share for computers

Developer April 2018 Percent May 2018 Percent Change
Apache 3,018,020 40.86% 3,032,131 40.69% -0.17
nginx 1,844,837 24.97% 1,887,507 25.33% 0.35
Microsoft 1,531,014 20.73% 1,525,059 20.46% -0.26
Web server market share for domains

Developer April 2018 Percent May 2018 Percent Change
Apache 77,731,493 36.24% 77,830,157 35.72% -0.51
Microsoft 55,746,915 25.99% 56,785,102 26.06% 0.08
nginx 48,269,102 22.50% 49,440,862 22.69% 0.19
Google 1,901,783 0.89% 1,913,702 0.88% -0.01