As of June 2024, the most popular open-source database management system (DBMS) in the world was MySQL, with a ranking score of 1061. Oracle was the most popular commercial DBMS at that time, with a ranking score of 1244.
Ranking of the most popular open source database management systems (DBMS) worldwide as of June 2024
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According to the source, the ranking is a broadly a measure of the following parameters:
website mentions;
search frequency;
technical discussion frequency;
current job offers;
professional network profiles;
social network relevance.
The source indicates that, according to their criteria, "when system A has twice as large a value in the DB-Engines Ranking as system B, then it is twice as popular when averaged over the individual evaluation criteria... [T]he popularity score is always a relative value, which should be interpreted in comparison with other systems only."
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DB-Engines. (June 12, 2024). Ranking of the most popular open source database management systems (DBMS) worldwide as of June 2024 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 30, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131602/worldwide-popularity-ranking-database-management-systems-open-source/
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DB-Engines. (2024). Ranking of the most popular open source database management systems (DBMS) worldwide as of June 2024. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 30, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1131602/worldwide-popularity-ranking-database-management-systems-open-source/
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