Apache vs Phusion Passenger

Apache is used by more websites in our catalog: 91,556 use Apache and 943 use Phusion Passenger.

Phusion Passenger sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Apache: 26, Phusion Passenger: 32).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Apache went from 11% to 10% of all tracked sites, while Phusion Passenger went from 0.12% to 0.11%. Phusion Passenger is gaining ground faster in our index.

176 websites in our catalog use both Apache and Phusion Passenger.

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.