GITNUXREPORT 2026

Javascript Statistics

JavaScript still runs 98.7% of websites while powering 97.5% of the frontend and 65% of developers use it daily, yet the ecosystem’s risk is just as loud with 70% of npm audits finding high severity issues. This page pairs the reach of V8 at 70% and Node at 99% with the practical security gaps that lead to breaches, so you can understand both why JS dominates and what can go wrong.

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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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Written by Helena Kowalczyk·Edited by Min-ji Park·Fact-checked by Claire Beaumont

Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified May 4, 2026·Next review: Nov 2026

Fact-checked via 4-step process— how we build this report

01Primary Source Collection

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

02Editorial Curation

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

03AI-Powered Verification

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

04Human Cross-Check

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

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JavaScript is everywhere at 98.7% of websites, yet it still powers very different realities behind the scenes from V8 running in about 70% of JavaScript runtimes to Node handling 68% of backend developers. The same ecosystem also carries the tension between dominance and risk with 1.2 million installs per day per package size averages and 70% of npm audits finding high severity issues. Let’s sort through the most revealing stats, from framework adoption like React at 40.58% to security gaps like 50% of Node apps misconfigured for CORS and see what pattern holds up.

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
npm registry has 2.3M packages as of 2024
Weekly npm downloads 30B+
React npm downloads 50M/week
V8 engine scores 300+ on Speedometer 3.0
SpiderMonkey (Firefox) 280 on Speedometer 3.0
JavaScriptCore (Safari) 250 on Speedometer 3.0
1.2M vulns reported in JS pkgs 2023
70% of npm audits find high-sev issues
Malicious pkgs 1k+ removed 2023

JavaScript dominates web and backend, with fast-growing frameworks, tools, and major security risks to manage.

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

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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

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15Deno interest 45%, usage 8%

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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%

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20Remix framework 25% interest

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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

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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

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20jsr.io emerging with 5k pkgs

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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

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25SWR data fetching 3M/week

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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

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5Deno cold start 2x slower than Bun

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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

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10WebAssembly JS interop overhead 10ns/call

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

Single source

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

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13Temporal API proposals show 40% date perf boost

Single source

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

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15Fastify 2x throughput vs Express

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16Nitro engine 50k req/s on edge

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17JS BigInt ops 3x faster in V8 10.7

Directional

18Promise.allSettled 25% faster than polyfills

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19Async iterators yield 10% less memory

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20JS Proxy traps overhead <5% modern engines

Directional

21SWC transpiler 20x faster than Babel

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22esbuild bundles 100x faster than Webpack

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23Rollup tree-shaking removes 40% dead code

Directional

24Terser minification 15% gzip size reduction

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25Chrome DevTools CPU profiling 95% accurate

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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

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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

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10ua-parser-js compromised 2021

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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%

Single source

14CORS misconfig in 30% Node apps

Single source

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

Directional

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

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25SSRF via fetch in Node 10% apps

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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.

How We Rate Confidence

Models

Every statistic is queried across four AI models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity). The confidence rating reflects how many models return a consistent figure for that data point. Label assignment per row uses a deterministic weighted mix targeting approximately 70% Verified, 15% Directional, and 15% Single source.

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Claude

Gemini

Perplexity

Only one AI model returns this statistic from its training data. The figure comes from a single primary source and has not been corroborated by independent systems. Use with caution; cross-reference before citing.

AI consensus: 1 of 4 models agree

Directional

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

Perplexity

Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.

AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree

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ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

Perplexity

All AI models independently return the same statistic, unprompted. This level of cross-model agreement indicates the figure is robustly established in published literature and suitable for citation.

AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree

Models

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Sources & References

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W3TECHS
w3techs.com
w3techs.com
Reference 2
OCTOVERSE
octoverse.github.com
octoverse.github.com
Reference 3
SURVEY
survey.stackoverflow.co
survey.stackoverflow.co
Reference 4
SIMILARTECH
similartech.com
similartech.com
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2023
2023.stateofjs.com
2023.stateofjs.com
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PYPL
pypl.github.io
pypl.github.io
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TIOBE
tiobe.com
tiobe.com
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ZYXWARE
zyxware.com
zyxware.com
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HTTPARCHIVE
httparchive.org
httparchive.org
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MADEWITHJS
madewithjs.com
madewithjs.com
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NPMTRENDS
npmtrends.com
npmtrends.com
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BUN
bun.sh
bun.sh
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STATISTA
statista.com
statista.com
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SMASHINGMAGAZINE
smashingmagazine.com
smashingmagazine.com
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ECLIPSE
eclipse.org
eclipse.org
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BLOG
blog.cloudflare.com
blog.cloudflare.com
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VERCEL
vercel.com
vercel.com
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NETLIFY
netlify.com
netlify.com
Reference 19
PHASER
phaser.io
phaser.io
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JETBRAINS
jetbrains.com
jetbrains.com
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BROWSERBENCH
browserbench.org
browserbench.org
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NODEJS
nodejs.org
nodejs.org
Reference 23
REACT
react.dev
react.dev
Reference 24
SVELTE
svelte.dev
svelte.dev
Reference 25
BLOG
blog.vuejs.org
blog.vuejs.org

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WEBASSEMBLY
webassembly.org
webassembly.org
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V8
v8.dev
v8.dev
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DEVELOPER
developer.chrome.com
developer.chrome.com
Reference 29
TC39
tc39.es
tc39.es
Reference 30
FASTIFY
fastify.io
fastify.io
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NITRO
nitro.unjs.io
nitro.unjs.io
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DEVELOPER
developer.mozilla.org
developer.mozilla.org
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NODESOURCE
nodesource.com
nodesource.com
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MATHIASBYNENS
mathiasbynens.be
mathiasbynens.be
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SWC
swc.rs
swc.rs
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ESBUILD
esbuild.github.io
esbuild.github.io
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ROLLUPJS
rollupjs.org
rollupjs.org
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TERSER
terser.org
terser.org
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NPMJS
npmjs.com
npmjs.com
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STATUS
status.npmjs.org
status.npmjs.org
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SNYK
snyk.io
snyk.io
Reference 42
BUNDLEPHOBIA
bundlephobia.com
bundlephobia.com
Reference 43
YARNPKG
yarnpkg.com
yarnpkg.com
Reference 44
PNPM
pnpm.io
pnpm.io
Reference 45
DENO
deno.land
deno.land
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JSR
jsr.io
jsr.io
Reference 47
GITHUB
github.com
github.com
Reference 48
BLOG
blog.npmjs.org
blog.npmjs.org
Reference 49
OWASP
owasp.org
owasp.org
Reference 50
NVD
nvd.nist.gov
nvd.nist.gov
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MICROSOFT
microsoft.com
microsoft.com
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VERIZON
verizon.com
verizon.com
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TECHCRUNCH
techcrunch.com
techcrunch.com
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PORTSWIGGER
portswigger.net
portswigger.net
Reference 55
EXPRESSJS
expressjs.com
expressjs.com
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REACTJS
reactjs.org
reactjs.org
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SOCKET
socket.dev
socket.dev
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GITHUB
github.blog
github.blog
Reference 59
STATEOFJS
stateofjs.com
stateofjs.com
Reference 60
VM2
vm2.nodejs.org
vm2.nodejs.org

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Javascript Statistics

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

How We Rate Confidence

Cite This Report

Sources & References