PHP vs Python

PHP is used by more websites in our catalog: 390,378 use PHP and 1,747 use Python.

Python sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (PHP: 26, Python: 43).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, PHP went from 49% to 44% of all tracked sites, while Python went from 0.24% to 0.20%. Python is gaining ground faster in our index.

322 websites in our catalog use both PHP and Python.

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.