Over half of the respondents working with application programming interfaces (APIs) felt that their APIs did not break or change often enough to matter, according to a 2020 state of the API survey. An API is a software intermediary that enables applications to interact with each other. An API can be a web-based system, database system, etc.
Frequency of application programming interface (API) breakages and changes worldwide as of 2020, by API category
Characteristic
Internal
External
Partner
Not often enough to matter
55.8%
60.4%
61.2%
Monthly
22.9%
20.9%
19.8%
Weekly
9.1%
6%
5.8%
Too frequently
9.9%
11%
11.6%
Daily
2.2%
1.7%
1.6%
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%
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Postman. (September 18, 2020). Frequency of application programming interface (API) breakages and changes worldwide as of 2020, by API category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 22, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1083219/worldwide-api-performance/
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