August 2023 DB‑Engines Ranking: SQL Server’s Sharp Drop & PostgreSQL/MongoDB Surge
The August 2023 DB‑Engines popularity ranking shows Microsoft SQL Server suffering the steepest score decline, while PostgreSQL and MongoDB post significant year‑over‑year gains, and the top three databases also fell, with the report detailing score trends, category rankings, and the five metrics used to calculate popularity.
DB‑Engines August 2023 popularity ranking has been updated based on overall data changes from July.
Microsoft SQL Server experienced the largest score drop, decreasing by 8.61 points compared to the previous month and by 102.53 points compared to the same month last year, making it the database with the greatest decline in the list.
The top three databases also showed significant score reductions compared to the same period last year.
Emerging databases PostgreSQL and MongoDB saw little change in their monthly scores, but their year‑over‑year scores increased substantially, with gains of 40.28 and 52.98 points respectively; however, they remain far from reaching the top three.
Continue to view the score trend for the top ten databases.
Relational Databases – Top 10
Key‑Value Databases – Top 10
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Time‑Series Databases – Top 10
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DB‑Engines ranks database management systems by popularity, updating the list monthly. The ranking is based on five different indicators:
Keyword search volume on Google and Bing.
Search volume on Google Trends.
Job search volume on Indeed.
Number of LinkedIn profiles mentioning the keyword.
Number of related questions and followers on Stack Overflow.
This analysis aims to provide database professionals with a reference for technical direction; the rankings do not reflect the technical superiority or market share of the products. Choosing technology that best fits business needs is more important than the ranking position.
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