Java vs PHP

PHP is used by more websites in our catalog: 13,293 use Java and 390,378 use PHP.

Java sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Java: 37, PHP: 26).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Java went from 1.7% to 1.5% of all tracked sites, while PHP went from 49% to 44%. Java is gaining ground faster in our index.

4,826 websites in our catalog use both Java and PHP.

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.