DB-Engines, a publication that tracks the popularity of database management systems (DBMS), recently updated its ranking which monitors 423 different systems. The methodology used to calculate the DBMS rating is similar to the TIOBE programming rating and considers factors such as the frequency of search engine queries, the number of search results, discussions on popular forums and social media, job postings, and mentions in user profiles.
The latest update showed a significant increase in popularity for the cloud-based DBMS Snowflake, which saw a rise of 27.98 points and moved from 9th to 6th place within a year. Other notable increases in popularity were observed for PostgreSQL (+14.45) and Oracle (+11.27). On the other hand, MySQL (-125.31), Microsoft SQL Server (-78.05), Microsoft Access (-24.97), MongoDB (-14.98), MariaDB (-13.65), and Apache Cassandra (-11.84) experienced decreases in popularity.
Regarding the distribution of DBMS in the ranking, Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB continue to hold the top five positions. However, compared to January 2024, there were some changes in rankings with systems like Snowflake (9 → 6), SQLite (11 → 10), Apache Cassandra (12 → 11), Databricks (17 → 13), Neo4j (22 → 20), Clickhouse (37 → 30), Apache Spark (36 → 31), and Opensearch (42 → 33) moving up the ranks.
Some systems, such as Redis (6 → 7), Elasticsearch (7 → 8), IBM DB2 (8 → 9), Microsoft Access (10 → 12), Firebird (29 → 32), Couchbase (33 → 35), and Prometheus (50 → 52) experienced changes in their positions as well. The rankings reflect the evolving landscape of DBMS popularity and usage.
