April 2012 Web Server Survey

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by Ike on April 4, 2012 at 10:08 am
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In the April 2012 survey we received responses from 676,919,707 sites, giving a rise of 32.6M hostnames (5.1%) since last month.

Apache saw the largest growth (22.8M) and increased its market share to 65.5%. nginx, with the second largest growth (4.5M), increased its total to 69.9M. Microsoft had a greater increase in hostnames this month (+3.5M) compared to March, however still experienced a small loss in market share.

Microsoft’s new server operating system, codenamed Windows Server 8, which was released to MSDN subscribers in September 2011 has now been made available as a public beta. Microsoft-IIS/8.0 is the default web server on Windows Server 8, and the April 2012 survey found 278 sites with this server header. However, many of these sites are running on Linux, indicating proxy servers or forged server headers. The first sites deploying Windows Server 8 include iis.net, phponwindows.net, and a Microsoft corporate remote access service. Indicative of an early beta, many installations are on isolated broadband connections, rather than at large hosting providers.

Total Sites Across All Domains
August 1995 – April 2012

Total Sites Across All Domains, August 1995 - April 2012

Market Share for Top Servers Across All Domains
August 1995 – April 2012

Graph of market share for top servers across all domains, August 1995 - April 2012

Developer March 2012 Percent April 2012 Percent Change
Apache 420,337,139 65.24% 443,102,561 65.46% 0.22
Microsoft 88,971,973 13.81% 92,488,751 13.66% -0.15
nginx 65,369,149 10.15% 69,869,916 10.32% 0.18
Google 21,150,938 3.28% 22,039,901 3.26% -0.03

Totals for Active Sites Across All Domains
June 2000 – April 2012

Developer March 2012 Percent April 2012 Percent Change
Apache 108,035,584 57.46% 107,686,403 56.66% -0.80
nginx 24,011,199 12.77% 24,253,806 12.76% -0.01
Microsoft 22,537,872 11.99% 22,813,215 12.00% 0.02
Google 14,438,358 7.68% 15,671,026 8.25% 0.57

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Market Share for Top Servers Across the Million Busiest Sites
September 2008 – April 2012

Developer March 2012 Percent April 2012 Percent Change
Apache 621,111 62.39% 618,001 62.08% -0.31
Microsoft 147,799 14.85% 148,171 14.89% 0.04
nginx 97,767 9.82% 100,394 10.09% 0.26
Google 29,940 3.01% 28,773 2.89% -0.12