July 2023 DB-Engines Ranking: Oracle Drops, MySQL & SQL Server Rise
The July 2023 DB-Engines ranking shows Oracle, PostgreSQL and MongoDB slipping, while MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server climb, and provides detailed scores, trend charts, and the methodology behind the monthly popularity scores for the top ten database systems.
DB-Engines released its July 2023 database popularity ranking.
Oracle, PostgreSQL and MongoDB fell this month, with Oracle and MongoDB dropping 7.44 and 7.74 points respectively, while MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server rose 5.66 and 8.30 points. Compared with the same month last year, MySQL and SQL Server saw the largest declines, down 33.51 and 39.83 points.
Top‑10 scores and changes:
Oracle – 1280.30 ( -7.44 )
MySQL – 1194.87 ( +5.66 )
Microsoft SQL Server – 942.13 ( +8.30 )
PostgreSQL – 615.87 ( -4.97 )
MongoDB – 472.98 ( -7.74 )
Redis – 173.62 ( -1.69 )
IBM Db2 – 161.22 ( +2.03 )
Elasticsearch – 154.33 ( -1.67 )
Microsoft Access – 145.09 ( +3.27 )
SQLite – 136.68 ( +1.24 )
Trend charts for mainstream databases:
Category‑wise top‑10 rankings:
Relational Databases Top 10
Key‑Value Databases Top 10
Document Databases Top 10
Time‑Series Databases Top 10
Graph Databases Top 10
Methodology (five metrics used for ranking):
Keyword search volume on Google and Bing
Search volume on Google Trends
Job postings on Indeed
Number of LinkedIn profiles mentioning the keyword
Number of related questions and followers on Stack Overflow
The ranking is intended as a reference for database professionals; it does not reflect technical superiority or market share, and the choice of a database should be driven by specific business requirements.
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