August 2003 Security Space Survey Results Page 2

Published: Jul 20, 2010
Updated: Nov 10, 2020
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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
   5,766,929 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerAugust
Count
August %July
Count
July %Change
Apache3,722,73564.55%3,612,17064.03%+0.52%
Microsoft1,475,99625.59%1,439,99425.53%+0.06%
Netscape50,6880.88%53,7890.95%-0.07%
Zeus48,1510.83%48,0010.85%-0.02%
WebSTAR48,3400.84%27,6760.49%+0.35%
WebSite14,0580.24%14,3430.25%-0.01%
Other406,9617.06%445,4667.90%-0.84%
.net (Network) Domains
   825,832 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerAugust
Count
August %July
Count
July %Change
Apache642,97377.86%626,94478.61%-0.75%
Microsoft146,62217.75%133,99416.80%+0.95%
Netscape5,9660.72%6,0210.75%-0.03%
Zeus5,5360.67%5,4750.69%-0.02%
WebSTAR1,5420.19%1,5840.20%-0.01%
WebSite2,1950.27%2,2630.28%-0.01%
Other20,9982.54%21,2242.66%-0.12%
.de (Germany) Domains
  769,553 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerAugust
Count
August %July
Count
July %Change
Apache685,44189.07%663,34388.72%+0.35%
Microsoft60,4747.86%60,5428.10%-0.24%
Netscape8,6551.12%8,5831.15%-0.03%
Zeus1,3940.18%1,2910.17%+0.01%
WebSTAR1,0470.14%1,0560.14%0.00%
WebSite8780.11%9140.12%-0.01%
Other11,6641.52%11,9681.60%-0.08%
.org (Nonprofit Organizations) Domains
   640,109 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerAugust
Count
August %July
Count
July %Change
Apache417,72465.26%409,09965.53%-0.27%
Microsoft183,71128.70%176,55228.28%+0.42%
Netscape5,2210.82%5,2330.84%-0.02%
Zeus5,0210.78%4,9570.79%-0.01%
WebSTAR3,2430.51%3,2920.53%-0.02%
WebSite3,2250.50%3,3350.53%-0.03%
Other21,9643.43%21,8583.50%-0.07%
.uk (United Kingdom) Domains
   377,745 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerAugust
Count
August %July
Count
July %Change
Apache217,43957.56%213,89657.25%+0.31%
Microsoft100,59826.63%99,88926.74%-0.11%
Netscape2,0830.55%2,0130.54%+0.01%
Zeus23,8206.31%23,2516.22%+0.09%
WebSTAR6980.18%7130.19%-0.01%
WebSite5820.15%6520.17%-0.02%
Other32,5258.61%33,1938.88%-0.27%
.edu (Educational) Domains
   94,075 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerAugust
Count
August %July
Count
July %Change
Apache50,64453.83%50,67353.45%+0.38%
Microsoft31,41233.39%31,72233.46%-0.07%
Netscape3,4823.70%3,6163.81%-0.11%
Zeus310.03%990.10%-0.07%
WebSTAR2,0372.17%2,0412.15%+0.02%
WebSite4320.46%4670.49%-0.03%
Other6,0376.42%6,1896.53%-0.11%
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