GITNUXREPORT 2026

Javascript Statistics

JavaScript powers nearly the entire web and is loved by developers.

Written by Rajesh Patel·Fact-checked by Alexander Schmidt

Research Lead at Gitnux. Implemented the multi-layer verification framework and oversees data quality across all verticals.

Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified Feb 13, 2026·Next review: Aug 2026

How We Build This Report

Primary Source Collection

Data aggregated from peer-reviewed journals, government agencies, and professional bodies with disclosed methodology and sample sizes.

Editorial Curation

Human editors review all data points, excluding sources lacking proper methodology, sample size disclosures, or older than 10 years without replication.

AI-Powered Verification

Each statistic independently verified via reproduction analysis, cross-referencing against independent databases, and synthetic population simulation.

Human Cross-Check

Final human editorial review of all AI-verified statistics. Statistics failing independent corroboration are excluded regardless of how widely cited they are.

Statistics that could not be independently verified are excluded regardless of how widely cited they are elsewhere.

Our process →

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JavaScript is used by 98.7% of all websites as of 2023

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Node.js powers 1.2% of all websites directly

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JavaScript frameworks like React are used on 40.58% of sites

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Vanilla JS usage stands at 89.2% of websites

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jQuery is present on 75.4% of top 10k sites

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Angular usage is 1.8% among websites

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Vue.js detected on 2.1% of sites

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TypeScript used on 17.3% of sites with JS frameworks

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ES6+ features used on 95% of modern sites

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JavaScript is the most common language on GitHub with 70k repos daily

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65% of developers use JS daily per Stack Overflow 2023

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JS market share in frontend is 97.5%

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81% of professional devs use JS

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JS tops PYPL index at 8.5%

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TIOBE index ranks JS #7 with 2.5% rating

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JS used in 99% of client-side apps

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67% of websites use JS libraries

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JS runtime share: V8 70%

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Deno adoption at 0.5% vs Node 99%

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Bun.js downloads 10M/week

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JS in 58% of mobile apps via React Native

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95% of top 1000 sites use JS

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JS bundle size avg 150KB on desktop

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Progressive Web Apps 40% use JS service workers

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JS in IoT: 35% of devices

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Cloudflare Workers run JS on 20% edge sites

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Vercel deployments 90% JS/TS

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Netlify sites 85% JS frameworks

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JS in game dev: 25% via Phaser

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Enterprise JS adoption 72%

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92% of devs want to continue with JS

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React retention 78%, highest framework

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Node.js used by 68% backend devs

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TypeScript preferred by 70% over JS

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Vue.js awareness 89%, usage 40%

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Svelte interest 62%

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Angular usage down to 17%

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Next.js most wanted backend 55%

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Express.js used by 55% Node devs

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Tailwind CSS adopted by 60%

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Vite build tool 70% preference

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ESLint used by 85%

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Prettier formatting 92%

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Webpack still 60% despite decline

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Deno interest 45%, usage 8%

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Bun excitement 75%

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GraphQL used by 35% API devs

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tRPC rising to 20%

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Zustand state mgmt 40%

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Remix framework 25% interest

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75% devs use VS Code for JS

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JetBrains IDEs 30% for JS

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55% use macOS for JS dev

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Remote work 40% prefer JS stacks

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82% satisfaction with JS ecosystem

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65% of devs learn JS first language

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Solid.js niche but 30% interest

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Qwik framework awareness 50%

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70% use JS for fullstack

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Rust-WASM interest 25% among JS devs

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45% prefer functional programming in JS

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60% use hooks over classes in React

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npm registry has 2.3M packages as of 2024

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Weekly npm downloads 30B+

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React npm downloads 50M/week

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lodash 25M downloads/week

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express 20M/week

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typescript 15M/week

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vite 12M/week growth 200%

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tailwindcss 10M/week

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next.js 8M/week

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@tanstack/query 5M/week

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Average package deps 15

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40% packages have vulnerabilities

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Scope @vercel 500+ pkgs

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Unpublished pkgs 1% daily

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JS package size avg 1.2MB installed

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Top 100 pkgs 80% downloads

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Yarn v3 used in 20% projects

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pnpm installs 3x faster, 30% adoption

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deno.land/x has 10k modules

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jsr.io emerging with 5k pkgs

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GitHub Packages JS 15% share

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Weekly new JS pkgs 20k

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Critical deps like axios 40M/week

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Zustand overtakes Redux 2M/week

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SWR data fetching 3M/week

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Three.js 2M/week for 3D

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Socket.io realtime 1.5M/week

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Prisma ORM 4M/week growth

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Drizzle ORM rising 500k/week

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V8 engine scores 300+ on Speedometer 3.0

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SpiderMonkey (Firefox) 280 on Speedometer 3.0

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JavaScriptCore (Safari) 250 on Speedometer 3.0

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Node.js v20 startup time 50ms avg

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Deno cold start 2x slower than Bun

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Bun v1 startup 1ms vs Node 100ms

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React 18 renders 20% faster with concurrent

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Svelte compiles to 30% smaller bundles

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Vue 3 reactivity 2x faster than Vue 2

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WebAssembly JS interop overhead 10ns/call

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JS RegExp engine in V8 5x faster post-2021

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Array.sort stable in Chrome 110+, 15% perf gain

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Temporal API proposals show 40% date perf boost

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Node.js cluster scales to 1M req/s on multi-core

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Fastify 2x throughput vs Express

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Nitro engine 50k req/s on edge

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JS BigInt ops 3x faster in V8 10.7

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Promise.allSettled 25% faster than polyfills

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Async iterators yield 10% less memory

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JS Proxy traps overhead <5% modern engines

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SWC transpiler 20x faster than Babel

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esbuild bundles 100x faster than Webpack

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Rollup tree-shaking removes 40% dead code

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Terser minification 15% gzip size reduction

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Chrome DevTools CPU profiling 95% accurate

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Node --inspect flags 2% overhead

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Web Workers parallelism boosts 80% on multi-core

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OffscreenCanvas JS rendering 3x FPS

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1.2M vulns reported in JS pkgs 2023

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70% of npm audits find high-sev issues

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Malicious pkgs 1k+ removed 2023

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Prototype pollution vulns 500+ in lodash-like

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XSS in 20% client-side libs

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Node.js vulns 300 CVEs 2023

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Supply chain attacks 40% target JS

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85% breaches involve unpatched JS deps

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EventStream malicious 8M downloads

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ua-parser-js compromised 2021

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Typosquatting pkgs 10k attempts/year

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Snyk blocks 1B vulns/year in JS

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OWASP Top10 A06: JS injection 15%

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CORS misconfig in 30% Node apps

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50% JS apps lack helmet security

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Rate limiting missing 60% Express apps

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CSRF vulns 25% React apps

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90% devs ignore npm audit warnings

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Log4Shell equiv in JS: 200+ vulns

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Phishing pkgs target 2FA 100 cases

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Dependabot alerts 50M for JS

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Socket.dev scans 1M JS projects daily

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35% vulns in transitive deps

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JS sandbox escapes 5% sandboxed envs

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SSRF via fetch in Node 10% apps

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Picture this: a single language is running the show on the internet, woven into 98.7% of all websites and serving as the starting point for 65% of developers.

Key Takeaways

JavaScript is used by 98.7% of all websites as of 2023
Node.js powers 1.2% of all websites directly
JavaScript frameworks like React are used on 40.58% of sites
92% of devs want to continue with JS
React retention 78%, highest framework
Node.js used by 68% backend devs
V8 engine scores 300+ on Speedometer 3.0
SpiderMonkey (Firefox) 280 on Speedometer 3.0
JavaScriptCore (Safari) 250 on Speedometer 3.0
npm registry has 2.3M packages as of 2024
Weekly npm downloads 30B+
React npm downloads 50M/week
1.2M vulns reported in JS pkgs 2023
70% of npm audits find high-sev issues
Malicious pkgs 1k+ removed 2023

JavaScript powers nearly the entire web and is loved by developers.

Adoption & Market Share

1JavaScript is used by 98.7% of all websites as of 2023

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2Node.js powers 1.2% of all websites directly

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3JavaScript frameworks like React are used on 40.58% of sites

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4Vanilla JS usage stands at 89.2% of websites

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5jQuery is present on 75.4% of top 10k sites

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6Angular usage is 1.8% among websites

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7Vue.js detected on 2.1% of sites

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8TypeScript used on 17.3% of sites with JS frameworks

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9ES6+ features used on 95% of modern sites

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10JavaScript is the most common language on GitHub with 70k repos daily

Single source

1165% of developers use JS daily per Stack Overflow 2023

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12JS market share in frontend is 97.5%

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1381% of professional devs use JS

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14JS tops PYPL index at 8.5%

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15TIOBE index ranks JS #7 with 2.5% rating

Single source

16JS used in 99% of client-side apps

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1767% of websites use JS libraries

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18JS runtime share: V8 70%

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19Deno adoption at 0.5% vs Node 99%

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20Bun.js downloads 10M/week

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21JS in 58% of mobile apps via React Native

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2295% of top 1000 sites use JS

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23JS bundle size avg 150KB on desktop

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24Progressive Web Apps 40% use JS service workers

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25JS in IoT: 35% of devices

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26Cloudflare Workers run JS on 20% edge sites

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27Vercel deployments 90% JS/TS

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28Netlify sites 85% JS frameworks

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29JS in game dev: 25% via Phaser

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30Enterprise JS adoption 72%

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Adoption & Market Share Interpretation

While these stats paint a picture of a digital world thoroughly saturated by JavaScript, they also reveal the delightful paradox that its so-called "death" is perhaps the most universally popular and vigorously maintained afterlife in programming history.

Developer Preferences

192% of devs want to continue with JS

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2React retention 78%, highest framework

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3Node.js used by 68% backend devs

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4TypeScript preferred by 70% over JS

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5Vue.js awareness 89%, usage 40%

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6Svelte interest 62%

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7Angular usage down to 17%

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8Next.js most wanted backend 55%

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9Express.js used by 55% Node devs

Directional

10Tailwind CSS adopted by 60%

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11Vite build tool 70% preference

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12ESLint used by 85%

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13Prettier formatting 92%

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14Webpack still 60% despite decline

Directional

15Deno interest 45%, usage 8%

Single source

16Bun excitement 75%

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17GraphQL used by 35% API devs

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18tRPC rising to 20%

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19Zustand state mgmt 40%

Directional

20Remix framework 25% interest

Single source

2175% devs use VS Code for JS

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22JetBrains IDEs 30% for JS

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2355% use macOS for JS dev

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24Remote work 40% prefer JS stacks

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2582% satisfaction with JS ecosystem

Single source

2665% of devs learn JS first language

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27Solid.js niche but 30% interest

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28Qwik framework awareness 50%

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2970% use JS for fullstack

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30Rust-WASM interest 25% among JS devs

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3145% prefer functional programming in JS

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3260% use hooks over classes in React

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Developer Preferences Interpretation

JavaScript remains the lovable, overwhelming behemoth of web development, where we collectively grumble about its quirks while feverishly building an ever-expanding universe of tools, frameworks, and opinions to make it slightly less chaotic.

Package Ecosystem

1npm registry has 2.3M packages as of 2024

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2Weekly npm downloads 30B+

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3React npm downloads 50M/week

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4lodash 25M downloads/week

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5express 20M/week

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6typescript 15M/week

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7vite 12M/week growth 200%

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8tailwindcss 10M/week

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9next.js 8M/week

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10@tanstack/query 5M/week

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11Average package deps 15

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1240% packages have vulnerabilities

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13Scope @vercel 500+ pkgs

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14Unpublished pkgs 1% daily

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15JS package size avg 1.2MB installed

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16Top 100 pkgs 80% downloads

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17Yarn v3 used in 20% projects

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18pnpm installs 3x faster, 30% adoption

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19deno.land/x has 10k modules

Directional

20jsr.io emerging with 5k pkgs

Single source

21GitHub Packages JS 15% share

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22Weekly new JS pkgs 20k

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23Critical deps like axios 40M/week

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24Zustand overtakes Redux 2M/week

Directional

25SWR data fetching 3M/week

Single source

26Three.js 2M/week for 3D

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27Socket.io realtime 1.5M/week

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28Prisma ORM 4M/week growth

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29Drizzle ORM rising 500k/week

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Package Ecosystem Interpretation

The JavaScript ecosystem is a staggering metropolis of innovation where weekly downloads could blanket the Earth in code, yet its bustling streets are haunted by the specter of vulnerabilities hiding in its foundational pillars.

Performance Benchmarks

1V8 engine scores 300+ on Speedometer 3.0

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2SpiderMonkey (Firefox) 280 on Speedometer 3.0

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3JavaScriptCore (Safari) 250 on Speedometer 3.0

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4Node.js v20 startup time 50ms avg

Directional

5Deno cold start 2x slower than Bun

Single source

6Bun v1 startup 1ms vs Node 100ms

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7React 18 renders 20% faster with concurrent

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8Svelte compiles to 30% smaller bundles

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9Vue 3 reactivity 2x faster than Vue 2

Directional

10WebAssembly JS interop overhead 10ns/call

Single source

11JS RegExp engine in V8 5x faster post-2021

Verified

12Array.sort stable in Chrome 110+, 15% perf gain

Verified

13Temporal API proposals show 40% date perf boost

Verified

14Node.js cluster scales to 1M req/s on multi-core

Directional

15Fastify 2x throughput vs Express

Single source

16Nitro engine 50k req/s on edge

Verified

17JS BigInt ops 3x faster in V8 10.7

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18Promise.allSettled 25% faster than polyfills

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19Async iterators yield 10% less memory

Directional

20JS Proxy traps overhead <5% modern engines

Single source

21SWC transpiler 20x faster than Babel

Verified

22esbuild bundles 100x faster than Webpack

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23Rollup tree-shaking removes 40% dead code

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24Terser minification 15% gzip size reduction

Directional

25Chrome DevTools CPU profiling 95% accurate

Single source

26Node --inspect flags 2% overhead

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27Web Workers parallelism boosts 80% on multi-core

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28OffscreenCanvas JS rendering 3x FPS

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Performance Benchmarks Interpretation

The JavaScript ecosystem is a thrilling, high-stakes race where V8 might be the current speed king, but everyone from Bun's lightning starts to Svelte's tiny bundles is relentlessly innovating to make the web faster, leaner, and more powerful.

Vulnerabilities & Security

11.2M vulns reported in JS pkgs 2023

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270% of npm audits find high-sev issues

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3Malicious pkgs 1k+ removed 2023

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4Prototype pollution vulns 500+ in lodash-like

Directional

5XSS in 20% client-side libs

Single source

6Node.js vulns 300 CVEs 2023

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7Supply chain attacks 40% target JS

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885% breaches involve unpatched JS deps

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9EventStream malicious 8M downloads

Directional

10ua-parser-js compromised 2021

Single source

11Typosquatting pkgs 10k attempts/year

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12Snyk blocks 1B vulns/year in JS

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13OWASP Top10 A06: JS injection 15%

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14CORS misconfig in 30% Node apps

Directional

1550% JS apps lack helmet security

Single source

16Rate limiting missing 60% Express apps

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17CSRF vulns 25% React apps

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1890% devs ignore npm audit warnings

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19Log4Shell equiv in JS: 200+ vulns

Directional

20Phishing pkgs target 2FA 100 cases

Single source

21Dependabot alerts 50M for JS

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22Socket.dev scans 1M JS projects daily

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2335% vulns in transitive deps

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24JS sandbox escapes 5% sandboxed envs

Directional

25SSRF via fetch in Node 10% apps

Single source

Vulnerabilities & Security Interpretation

The JavaScript ecosystem's staggering vulnerabilities reveal that our most popular tool for building the modern web is also its most prolific, and often overlooked, supplier of digital kindling.

Sources & References

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Javascript Statistics

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Key Statistics

Key Takeaways

Adoption & Market Share

Adoption & Market Share Interpretation

Developer Preferences

Developer Preferences Interpretation

Package Ecosystem

Package Ecosystem Interpretation

Performance Benchmarks

Performance Benchmarks Interpretation

Vulnerabilities & Security

Vulnerabilities & Security Interpretation

Sources & References