Key Takeaways
- MySQL holds a 44.5% market share among relational databases as of 2023
- MySQL is used by 41.8% of all websites with a known database according to W3Techs in 2024
- Over 60% of the top 10 million websites use MySQL as their primary database
- In TPC-H benchmark, MySQL 8.0 scales to 10TB with 3.2 hours QPH@Size10
- Sysbench OLTP read-write test shows MySQL 8.0 at 1,200,000 TPS on 72-core server
- MySQL 8.0 Group Replication achieves 99.999% availability in benchmarks
- MySQL supports 200,000+ connections per instance in HA setup
- Group Replication scales to 9 nodes with 99.999% uptime
- InnoDB Cluster auto-scales reads across 100+ shards
- In 2023, CVE-2023-21931 MySQL flaw allowed root privilege escalation
- MySQL 5.7 had 127 CVEs reported from 2015-2023 per NIST
- Data Encryption at Rest in MySQL Enterprise covers 100% tablespaces since 5.7
- As of 2024, MySQL 8.0.x holds 65% of all MySQL installations
- MySQL 5.7 still runs on 25% of production servers per 2024 survey
- End of support for MySQL 5.7 hit 20% upgrade rate in 2024 Q1
MySQL dominates modern relational workloads, powering most websites and many enterprises with top performance and security.
Performance and Benchmarks
Performance and Benchmarks Interpretation
Scalability and High Availability
Scalability and High Availability Interpretation
Security and Vulnerabilities
Security and Vulnerabilities Interpretation
Version Distribution
Version Distribution Interpretation
How We Rate Confidence
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.
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
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
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
Cite This Report
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Megan Gallagher. (2026, February 13). Mysql Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/mysql-statistics
Megan Gallagher. "Mysql Statistics." Gitnux, 13 Feb 2026, https://gitnux.org/mysql-statistics.
Megan Gallagher. 2026. "Mysql Statistics." Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/mysql-statistics.
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