What the Latest DB‑Engines Ranking Reveals About the Top 10 Databases
The latest DB‑Engines monthly ranking shows the top nine databases unchanged, highlights a swap between Microsoft Access and Cassandra, notes declines for Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL, and analyzes popularity trends that suggest PostgreSQL and MongoDB may soon surpass SQL Server, illustrated with detailed charts.
DB‑Engines Ranking updates monthly based on the popularity of database management systems.
The top nine remain unchanged: Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, IBM Db2, Elasticsearch, and SQLite.
This month only Microsoft Access and Cassandra swapped positions; Cassandra re‑entered the top ten with a larger score increase.
Microsoft SQL Server stays third but has fallen 2.5 points this month and 91.91 points compared with the same period last year, unlikely to affect its rank soon.
MySQL experienced the biggest drop, down 25.69 points from last month and 51.72 points year‑over‑year, yet it still leads over SQL Server.
Popularity Trends
Looking at recent years, PostgreSQL, MongoDB and Azure SQL Database show the most pronounced upward trends, and if these continue, PostgreSQL and MongoDB could overtake Microsoft SQL Server within two years.
Current ranking charts for relational, key‑value, document, time‑series and graph databases are shown below.
DB‑Engines calculates rankings using five indicators:
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 analysis is intended as a reference for database professionals; the ranking does not reflect technical superiority or market share, and choosing technology should be based on business needs.
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