JavaScript frameworks · comparison

Backbone.js vs React

React is used on 610,056 sites, 14 times as many as Backbone.js (44,132 sites).

In JavaScript frameworks, Backbone.js ranks #10 and React #1 by number of sites.

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, Backbone.js grew 0.2% and React grew 0.3%.

394 sites run both: 0.9% of Backbone.js sites and less than 0.1% of React sites.

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Backbone.js

backbonejs.org
Sites
44,132
Share of tracked sites
0.29%
Rank in JavaScript frameworks
#10
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +0.17%
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React

reactjs.org
Sites
610,056
Share of tracked sites
3.95%
Rank in JavaScript frameworks
#1
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +0.26%

Sites using both

394
sites run Backbone.js and React
of Backbone.js sites0.9%
of React sites<0.1%

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Site counts and ranks come from our crawl of the web; the change compares the monthly adoption snapshots both technologies have.