March 17, 2010
September 2002 Security Space Survey Results
The Security Space Web Server Survey is a survey of Web server software usage on the Internet broken down by 86 domains. Below are statistical breakouts for some of the more popular domains. Summary data is also available.
| .com (Commercial) Domains 5,188,807 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 3,482,805 | 67.12% | 3,367,774 | 66.80% | +0.32% |
| Microsoft | 1,034,691 | 19.94% | 1,001,210 | 19.86% | +0.08% |
| Netscape | 45,574 | 0.88% | 48,227 | 0.96% | -0.08% |
| Zeus | 38,042 | 0.73% | 39,289 | 0.78% | -0.05% |
| WebSTAR | 31,660 | 0.61% | 31,750 | 0.63% | -0.02% |
| WebSite | 16,056 | 0.31% | 15,862 | 0.31% | 0.00% |
| Other | 539,979 | 10.41% | 537,342 | 10.66% | -0.25% |
| .net (Network) Domains 559,955 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 440,183 | 78.61% | 424,578 | 78.49% | +0.12% |
| Microsoft | 91,420 | 16.33% | 89,148 | 16.48% | -0.15% |
| Netscape | 4,475 | 0.80% | 4,651 | 0.86% | -0.06% |
| Zeus | 4,297 | 0.77% | 4,491 | 0.83% | -0.06% |
| WebSTAR | 1,502 | 0.27% | 1,536 | 0.28% | -0.01% |
| WebSite | 2,447 | 0.44% | 2,056 | 0.38% | +0.06% |
| Other | 15,631 | 2.79% | 14,465 | 2.67% | +0.12% |
| .de (Germany) Domains 504,546 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 431,642 | 85.55% | 421,785 | 85.29% | +0.26% |
| Microsoft | 51,334 | 10.17% | 50,436 | 10.20% | -0.03% |
| Netscape | 7,350 | 1.46% | 7,336 | 1.48% | -0.02% |
| Zeus | 1,253 | 0.25% | 1,130 | 0.23% | +0.02% |
| WebSTAR | 1,206 | 0.24% | 1,163 | 0.24% | 0.00% |
| WebSite | 1,283 | 0.25% | 1,302 | 0.26% | -0.01% |
| Other | 10,478 | 2.08% | 11,406 | 2.31% | -0.23% |
| .org (Nonprofit Organizations) Domains 459,017 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 295,157 | 64.30% | 303,792 | 65.50% | -1.20% |
| Microsoft | 127,595 | 27.80% | 124,332 | 26.81% | +0.99% |
| Netscape | 5,096 | 1.11% | 5,170 | 1.11% | 0.00% |
| Zeus | 3,805 | 0.83% | 3,950 | 0.85% | -0.02% |
| WebSTAR | 3,175 | 0.69% | 3,231 | 0.70% | -0.01% |
| WebSite | 3,625 | 0.79% | 3,155 | 0.68% | +0.11% |
| Other | 20,564 | 4.48% | 20,187 | 4.35% | +0.13% |
| .uk (United Kingdom) Domains 283,360 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 151,152 | 53.34% | 146,331 | 52.51% | +0.83% |
| Microsoft | 68,509 | 24.18% | 67,057 | 24.06% | +0.12% |
| Netscape | 5,257 | 1.86% | 5,293 | 1.90% | -0.04% |
| Zeus | 14,421 | 5.09% | 15,516 | 5.57% | -0.48% |
| WebSTAR | 756 | 0.27% | 803 | 0.29% | -0.02% |
| WebSite | 686 | 0.24% | 695 | 0.25% | -0.01% |
| Other | 42,579 | 15.03% | 42,975 | 15.42% | -0.39% |
| .edu (Educational) Domains 79,082 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 40,468 | 51.17% | 39,494 | 50.72% | +0.45% |
| Microsoft | 25,579 | 32.34% | 25,012 | 32.12% | +0.22% |
| Netscape | 3,915 | 4.95% | 4,018 | 5.16% | -0.21% |
| Zeus | 104 | 0.13% | 104 | 0.13% | 0.00% |
| WebSTAR | 2,400 | 3.03% | 2,436 | 3.13% | -0.10% |
| WebSite | 563 | 0.71% | 570 | 0.73% | -0.02% |
| Other | 6,053 | 7.65% | 6,235 | 8.01% | -0.36% |
| .gov (US Government) Domains 10,542 servers server order is based on global market share | |||||
| Server | September Count |
September % | August Count |
August % | Change |
| Apache | 3,856 | 36.58% | 3,805 | 36.33% | +0.25% |
| Microsoft | 3,652 | 34.64% | 3,615 | 34.52% | +0.12% |
| Netscape | 1,619 | 15.36% | 1,610 | 15.37 | -0.01% |
| Zeus | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| WebSTAR | 181 | 1.72% | 181 | 1.73% | -0.01% |
| WebSite | 83 | 0.79% | 87 | 0.83% | -0.04% |
| Other | 1,151 | 10.92% | 1,175 | 11.22% | -0.30% |
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