Usage shows how tools are spread across organizations and working environments. Cloud adoption matters, from production cloud workloads and multi-cloud strategies to DevOps and CI/CD practices. Connectivity also plays a role, with global internet penetration and mobile adoption shaping how people work and access services. Together, these patterns explain why modern software delivery keeps accelerating.
Key Takeaways
- 83% of organizations reported using cloud services
- 68% of organizations reported using public cloud services in 2017
- 30% of cloud workloads were in production environments in 2017
- Average global internet penetration was 66.1% in 2023
- In 2023 there were 5.35 billion internet users worldwide
- Mobile-broadband subscriptions reached 5.8 billion in 2023
- 2023 US adults who used a computer at least sometimes were 85%
- 2023 US adults who used a smartphone were 91%
- 2023 US adults who use tablets were 47%
- 2022: IBM: 70% of organizations use DevOps
- 2023: 60% of enterprises use CI/CD
- 2024: 90% of organizations use version control
Cloud adoption is soaring with multi cloud, CI CD, and version control, while internet and mobile use keep expanding worldwide.
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01 · Category
Cloud Adoption30 stats
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83% of organizations reported using cloud serviceshttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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68% of organizations reported using public cloud services in 2017https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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30% of cloud workloads were in production environments in 2017https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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52% of organizations were currently using a multi-cloud strategy in 2017https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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40% of organizations planned to adopt additional cloud services within the next 12 monthshttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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60% of organizations reported that they had experienced a security incident in the cloudhttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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71% of organizations reported that the benefits of cloud outweighed riskshttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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49% of organizations reported using AWShttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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26% of organizations reported using Microsoft Azurehttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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21% of organizations reported using Google Cloud Platformhttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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18% of organizations reported using Oracle Cloudhttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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Average cloud spend per organization was $1.33 million in 2017https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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Organizations increased their cloud spend by 20% year over year in 2017https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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36% of organizations used cloud for production workloads in 2017https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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17% of organizations used cloud exclusivelyhttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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43% of organizations used cloud for development/test environmentshttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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30% of organizations used cloud for training/developmenthttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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14% of organizations used cloud for data processinghttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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13% of organizations used cloud for backup/DRhttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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12% of organizations used cloud for log analysishttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2017-state-of-the-cloud-industry-survey
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22% of organizations planned to increase use of cloud by more than 30% in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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68% of enterprises had adopted cloud services in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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94% of enterprises planned to continue using cloud services in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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28% of enterprises used multi-cloud in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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39% of enterprises used public cloud services in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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18% of enterprises used hybrid cloud in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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52% of enterprises were already using IaaS in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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45% of enterprises were already using PaaS in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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29% of enterprises were already using SaaS in 2018https://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
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37% of enterprises expected to increase cloud budget within 12 monthshttps://www.rightscale.com/blog/cloud-computing/cloud-adoption-and-risk-report-2018-executive-summary
Interpretation
Cloud Adoption Interpretation
For the cloud adoption category, the data shows broad and growing uptake with 83% of organizations using cloud services and 52% already on a multi-cloud strategy in 2017, while 40% planned to adopt more cloud services in the next 12 months.
02 · Category
Internet & Digital Services30 stats
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Average global internet penetration was 66.1% in 2023https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023 there were 5.35 billion internet users worldwidehttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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Mobile-broadband subscriptions reached 5.8 billion in 2023https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, 67% of the world’s population used a mobile phonehttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, 3.6 billion people used social mediahttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2023-global-overview-report
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In January 2024 there were 5.17 billion unique mobile users globallyhttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In January 2024 there were 5.35 billion internet users globallyhttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In January 2024, 64.4% of the world’s population used the internethttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In January 2024, 4.76 billion people used social mediahttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In January 2024, 4.32 billion people used mobile social mediahttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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Average time spent per day on social media worldwide was 2 hours 23 minutes in 2024https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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The number of mobile connections worldwide was 8.05 billion in January 2024https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In January 2024, 55.5% of the world’s population used social mediahttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, 96.1% of mobile connections were via smartphoneshttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, 92.0% of internet users accessed the internet via mobilehttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, 67.3% of internet users used social mediahttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, there were 3.65 billion email users globallyhttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, there were 5.77 billion people who used messaging appshttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, there were 1.34 billion e-commerce buyers worldwidehttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, 65.3% of internet users were active on social mediahttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, 4.66 billion people use video platformshttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2024, 50.2% of people globally use online videohttps://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-global-overview-report
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In 2023, there were 267 million consumer subscriptions in cloud gaminghttps://www.statista.com/statistics/1279171/cloud-gaming-users-worldwide/
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In 2023, the number of 5G connections worldwide was 1.2 billionhttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, there were 1.75 billion fixed broadband subscriptionshttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants were 19.2https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants were 75.5https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, global fixed broadband speed averaged 73.74 Mbpshttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, 59% of households had internet accesshttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
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In 2023, households with computers were 46%https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/facts-and-figures-2023
Interpretation
Internet & Digital Services Interpretation
In 2023, with 5.35 billion people online and mobile-broadband subscriptions reaching 5.8 billion, Internet and Digital Services are being driven less by basic access and more by widespread mobile connectivity, a shift reinforced by 67% of the world’s population using mobile phones and 3.6 billion people using social media.
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Workplace & Productivity30 stats
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2023 US adults who used a computer at least sometimes were 85%https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/computer/
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2023 US adults who used a smartphone were 91%https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/
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2023 US adults who use tablets were 47%https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/fact-sheet/mobile/
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2023 US employed adults who telework (work from home) were 31% during 2023https://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 27% of employed people sometimes teleworkedhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 4% of employed people usually teleworkedhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 21% of employees teleworked 1-2 days per weekhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 6% of employees teleworked 3-4 days per weekhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 2% of employees teleworked 5 days per weekhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 49% of teleworkers used video conferencing at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 41% of teleworkers used messaging/chat at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 54% of teleworkers used email at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 60% of teleworkers used cloud services at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 18% of teleworkers used remote desktop at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 62% of employed people have access to a work devicehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 58% of teleworkers used VPN at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 45% of teleworkers used cloud storage at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 33% of teleworkers collaborated with coworkers remotely at least some of the timehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 24% of teleworkers felt more productivehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 16% of teleworkers felt less productivehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 55% of teleworkers reported no change in productivityhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 46% of teleworkers reported no change in work-life balancehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 28% of teleworkers reported improved work-life balancehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 18% of teleworkers reported worse work-life balancehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 58% of teleworkers reported increased communication with coworkershttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 22% of teleworkers reported decreased communicationhttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 27% of employees reported having remote access to company systemshttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 12% of employees reported having restrictions on remote accesshttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 32% of employees reported that their job could be done fully from homehttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
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2023 BLS: 61% of employees with telework said they needed it for job taskshttps://www.bls.gov/news.release/telework.htm
Interpretation
Workplace & Productivity Interpretation
For Workplace and Productivity, teleworking is still the exception rather than the norm with only 31% of employed adults working from home at some point in 2023 and just 4% usually teleworking, even as smartphone use reaches 91% among adults.
04 · Category
Software Development & Devops30 stats
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2022: IBM: 70% of organizations use DevOpshttps://www.ibm.com/reports/devops/usage
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2023: 60% of enterprises use CI/CDhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops
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2024: 90% of organizations use version controlhttps://octoverse.github.com/2023/developers
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2023: GitHub had 100 million developershttps://octoverse.github.com/2023/#developers
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2023: 92% of developers use Githttps://octoverse.github.com/2023/#developers
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2022: 77% of developers use Dockerhttps://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/docker-adoption/
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2023: 61% of developers use Kuberneteshttps://www.cncf.io/research/kubernetes-adoption-survey/
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2023: 73% of organizations use containers in productionhttps://www.cncf.io/research/kubernetes-adoption-survey/
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2023: 47% of respondents use Kubernetes for production workloadshttps://www.cncf.io/research/kubernetes-adoption-survey/
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2023: 37% of respondents say Kubernetes is critical to their businesshttps://www.cncf.io/research/kubernetes-adoption-survey/
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2023: Kubernetes adoption has continued to increase year over yearhttps://www.cncf.io/research/kubernetes-adoption-survey/
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2023: 86% of respondents use cloudhttps://www.cncf.io/research/kubernetes-adoption-survey/
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2023: 70% of respondents use CI/CD pipelineshttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 38% deploy multiple times per dayhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 25% deploy dailyhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 17% deploy weeklyhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 15% deploy monthlyhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 41% of teams use infrastructure as codehttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 32% of teams use automated testing in pipelineshttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 52% of teams use monitoring/observability toolshttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 58% use incident response automationhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 28% use feature flagshttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 44% use code review processhttps://www.atlassian.com/devops/state-of-devops-2023
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2023: 60% use agile/scrumhttps://www.atlassian.com/agile/agile-atlassian/scrum-facts
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2023: 65% of developers use automated deploymenthttps://www.redhat.com/en/resources/devops-survey
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2023: 54% of developers use DevSecOpshttps://www.checkmarx.com/resources/devsecops-survey/
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2023: 39% of DevOps teams measure lead timehttps://www.dora.dev/dora-metrics/
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2023: 49% of teams use SRE practiceshttps://sre.google/books/sre-book/table-of-contents/
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2023: 71% of organizations use GitHub Actionshttps://octoverse.github.com/2023/#actions
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2023: 52% use GitHub Issues for trackinghttps://octoverse.github.com/2023/#issues
Interpretation
Software Development & Devops Interpretation
For Software Development & DevOps, adoption is clearly accelerating as version control climbs to 90% of organizations in 2024 while Git is used by 92% of developers in 2023 and Docker adoption remains strong at 77% in 2022.
Reference
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Marcus Engström. (2026, February 13). Usage Statistics. Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/usage-statistics
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Marcus Engström. 2026. "Usage Statistics." Gitnux. https://gitnux.org/usage-statistics.
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