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One thing the most visited websites have in common is that they are dynamic websites. Their development typically involves server-side coding, client-side coding and database technology. The programming languages applied to deliver such dynamic web content vary vastly between sites.

Programming languages used in most popular websites*
Websites Popularity
(unique visitors per month) 		Front-end
(Client-side) 		Back-end
(Server-side) 		Database Notes
Google 2,800,000,000 JavaScript, TypeScript C, C++, Go, Java, Python, Node Bigtable, MariaDB The most used search engine in the world.
Facebook 1,120,000,000 JavaScript, TypeScript, Flow Hack/HHVM, Python, C++, Java, Erlang, D, Haskell MariaDB, MySQL, HBase, Cassandra The most visited social networking site.
YouTube 1,100,000,000 JavaScript, TypeScript Python, C, C++, Java, Go Vitess, BigTable, MariaDB The most popular video sharing site.
Yahoo 750,000,000 JavaScript PHP PostgreSQL, HBase, Cassandra, MongoDB,
Etsy 516,000,000 (Total, not unique) JavaScript PHP MySQL, Redis E-commerce website.
Amazon 2,400,000,000 JavaScript Java, C++, Perl DynamoDB, RDS/Aurora, Redshift The most used e-commerce site in the world.
Misplaced Pages 475,000,000 JavaScript PHP MariaDB A free online encyclopedia based on MediaWiki, which is programmed in PHP.
Fandom 315,000,000 JavaScript PHP MySQL Wiki hosting service.
X 290,000,000 JavaScript C++, Java, Scala, Ruby (Ruby on Rails) MySQL Popular social network.
Bing 285,000,000 JavaScript C++, C# Microsoft SQL Server, Cosmos DB Search engine from Microsoft.
eBay 285,000,000 JavaScript Java, JavaScript, Scala Oracle Database Online auction house.
MSN 280,000,000 JavaScript C# (ASP.NET) Microsoft SQL Server An email client, for simple use. Previously known as "messenger", not to be confused with Facebook's messaging platform.
LinkedIn 260,000,000 JavaScript Java, JavaScript, Scala Venice World's largest professional network.
Pinterest 250,000,000 JavaScript Python (Django), Erlang, Elixir MySQL, Redis Search engine for ideas.
WordPress.com 240,000,000 JavaScript PHP MariaDB Website manager software.
Netflix 223.090.000 (Subscribers, not visitors) JavaScript Python, Java NMDB, PostgreSQL The biggest video streaming service in the world.

*data on programming languages is based on:

  • HTTP Header information
  • Request for file types
  • Citations from reliable sources
Back-end (Server-side) table in most popular websites
Websites C# C C++ D Elixir Erlang Go Hack Haskell Java JavaScript Perl PHP Python Ruby Scala
Google No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No No
Facebook No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No
YouTube No Yes Yes No No No Yes No No Yes No No No Yes No No
Yahoo No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No
Etsy No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No
Amazon No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No
Misplaced Pages No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No
Fandom No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No
X No No Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes Yes
Bing Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
eBay No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes
MSN Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
LinkedIn No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No Yes
Pinterest No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No Yes No No
WordPress.com No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No
Netflix No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No Yes No No

See also

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