September 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
   5,971,572 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerSeptember
Count
September %August
Count
August %Change
Apache3,846,10964.41%3,722,73564.55%-0.14%
Microsoft1,524,39925.53%1,475,99625.59%-0.06%
Netscape52,4940.88%50,6880.88%0.00%
Zeus49,1030.82%48,1510.83%-0.01%
WebSTAR49,7370.83%48,3400.84%-0.01%
WebSite13,9920.23%14,0580.24%-0.01%
Other435,7387.30%406,9617.06%+0.24%
.net (Network) Domains
   856,406 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerSeptember
Count
September %August
Count
August %Change
Apache665,03877.65%642,97377.86%-0.21%
Microsoft152,36917.79%146,62217.75%+0.04%
Netscape6,1910.72%5,9660.72%0.00%
Zeus5,7510.67%5,5360.67%0.00%
WebSTAR1,5680.18%1,5420.19%-0.01%
WebSite2,0760.24%2,1950.27%-0.03%
Other23,4132.73%20,9982.54%+0.19%
.de (Germany) Domains
  795,894 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerSeptember
Count
September %August
Count
August %Change
Apache710,58289.28%685,44189.07%+0.21%
Microsoft61,4927.73%60,4747.86%-0.13%
Netscape8,7091.09%8,6551.12%-0.03%
Zeus1,2810.16%1,3940.18%-0.02%
WebSTAR1,0300.13%1,0470.14%-0.01%
WebSite8260.10%8780.11%-0.01%
Other11,9741.50%11,6641.52%-0.02%
.org (Nonprofit Organizations) Domains
   660,374 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerSeptember
Count
September %August
Count
August %Change
Apache429,96665.11%417,72465.26%-0.15%
Microsoft188,21628.50%183,71128.70%-0.20%
Netscape5,2580.80%5,2210.82%-0.02%
Zeus5,2580.80%5,0210.78%+0.02%
WebSTAR3,2510.49%3,2430.51%-0.02%
WebSite3,1320.47%3,2250.50%-0.03%
Other25,2933.83%21,9643.43%+0.40%
.uk (United Kingdom) Domains
   390,768 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerSeptember
Count
September %August
Count
August %Change
Apache226,36257.93%217,43957.56%+0.37%
Microsoft104,38826.71%100,59826.63%+0.08%
Netscape2,0810.53%2,0830.55%-0.02%
Zeus24,1966.19%23,8206.31%-0.12%
WebSTAR6970.18%6980.18%0.00%
WebSite5740.15%5820.15%0.00%
Other32,4708.31%32,5258.61%-0.30%
.edu (Educational) Domains
   97,232 servers
server order is based on global market share
ServerSeptember
Count
September %August
Count
August %Change
Apache52,56654.06%50,64453.83%+0.23%
Microsoft32,51833.44%31,41233.39%+0.05%
Netscape3,4883.59%3,4823.70%-0.11%
Zeus360.04%310.03%+0.01%
WebSTAR2,0322.09%2,0372.17%-0.08%
WebSite4370.45%4320.46%-0.01%
Other6,1556.33%6,0376.42%-0.09%
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