Programming languages · comparison

GraphQL vs PHP

PHP is used on 4,478,497 sites, 1,249 times as many as GraphQL (3,586 sites).

In Programming languages, GraphQL ranks #10 and PHP #1 by number of sites.

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, GraphQL grew 0.3% and PHP grew 0.3%.

2,448 sites run both: 68% of GraphQL sites and less than 0.1% of PHP sites. Most GraphQL sites also run PHP: the two are often used together.

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GraphQL

graphql.org
Sites
3,586
Share of tracked sites
0.02%
Rank in Programming languages
#10
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +0.32%
Ph

PHP

php.net
Sites
4,478,497
Share of tracked sites
29.1%
Rank in Programming languages
#1
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +0.32%

Sites using both

2,448
sites run GraphQL and PHP
of GraphQL sites68.3%
of PHP sites<0.1%

Top sites using GraphQL

No ranked site yet.

All GraphQL sites →

Often used with GraphQL

Top sites using PHP

  1. telangana.gov.in#12,081
  2. wso2.download#17,612
  3. scilab.org#25,585
  4. finprotect.info#25,799
  5. fx-strategy.info#46,696
All PHP sites →

Often used with PHP

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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.