What is the most popular Web server technology?

Nginx, detected on 1,723 of 7,859 popular websites (22%) on 2026-10-02.

Which Web server technologies can I compare?

Nginx vs Apache HTTP Server, Nginx vs OpenResty, Nginx vs Microsoft IIS, Nginx vs Tengine and Apache HTTP Server vs OpenResty: each comparison page shows adoption overall, by sector, by top-level domain and among the most popular sites.

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Most popular Web server technologies

As of 2026-10-02, 2,642 of the 7,859 popular websites we analysed (34%) use at least one detected Web server technology. Most used: Nginx (1,723 sites, 22%), Apache HTTP Server (691 sites, 8.8%) and OpenResty (174 sites, 2.2%).

Web server ranking (13 technologies)

#	Technology	Sites	Share of sites	Most popular site
1	Nginx	1,723	22%	mail.ru
2	Apache HTTP Server	691	8.8%	apache.org
3	OpenResty	174	2.2%	sohu.com
4	Microsoft IIS	78	1.0%	tjsp.jus.br
5	Tengine	45	0.6%	aliyun.com
6	Envoy	41	0.5%	spotify.com
7	LiteSpeed	30	0.4%	inleed.net
8	Phusion Passenger	14	0.2%	openstreetmap.org
9	Caddy	10	0.1%	bidster.net
10	Kestrel	8	0.1%	similarweb.com
11	Gunicorn	7	<0.1%	launchpad.net
12	Apache Tomcat	3	<0.1%	real.com
13	lighttpd	2	<0.1%	windguru.cz

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What is the most popular Web server technology?: Nginx, detected on 1,723 of 7,859 popular websites (22%) on 2026-10-02.
How many websites use a Web server technology?: As of 2026-10-02, 2,642 of the 7,859 popular websites we analysed (34%) use at least one detected Web server technology. Most used: Nginx (1,723 sites, 22%), Apache HTTP Server (691 sites, 8.8%) and OpenResty (174 sites, 2.2%).
Which Web server technologies can I compare?: Nginx vs Apache HTTP Server, Nginx vs OpenResty, Nginx vs Microsoft IIS, Nginx vs Tengine and Apache HTTP Server vs OpenResty: each comparison page shows adoption overall, by sector, by top-level domain and among the most popular sites.

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