June 2020 DB-Engines Database Popularity Ranking and the Rise of Chinese Domestic Databases

The June 2020 DB-Engines database popularity ranking arrived as expected; the top nine positions remain unchanged, with only Microsoft Access dropping out of the top ten. Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server all saw score declines, while PostgreSQL continued its strong open‑source momentum, gaining 8.19 points.

While the global COVID‑19 pandemic continued to spread, China managed to control the outbreak, resume normal production, and hold the national "Two Sessions" meeting, where "new‑infrastructure" was highlighted, boosting the visibility of domestic databases in cloud‑based IT construction and digital transformation.

The article highlights the top‑20 domestic database ranking, noting the inclusion of AnalyticDB, CirroData, TaurusDB, ChronusDB, LongDB, and QuantumDB, and points out that K‑DB replaced SequoiaDB in the top ten, with GaussDB rebranded as openGauss and several databases (e.g., DaMeng, PolarDB, GBase, TDSQL) moving up one rank.

According to Gartner, global DBMS revenue reached about $46 billion in 2019, growing ~18 % year‑over‑year, with cloud databases accounting for 68 % of that growth, underscoring a shift in industry dynamics.

Key milestones include: Tencent Cloud reporting over 600 financial and enterprise users for TDSQL; Alibaba Cloud's AnalyticDB breaking the TPC‑DS world record with a 29 % performance boost and two‑thirds cost reduction; and Ant Group's OceanBase achieving 7.07 billion tpmC in TPC‑C, an 11‑fold increase over the previous record.

Despite rumors of Huawei shutting down GaussDB, the company clarified that GaussDB will continue as an online‑only service, with its core technology and community remaining active; openGauss is slated for open‑source release on June 30.

The article concludes that while domestic databases are still in an early growth stage globally, they are gaining strong support in China’s financial sector, with representatives urging increased pilot projects to ensure financial security.

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