Programming languages · comparison

PHP vs Python

PHP is used on 4,478,497 sites, 30 times as many as Python (150,865 sites).

In Programming languages, PHP ranks #1 and Python #4 by number of sites.

From Jul 2026 to Oct 2026, PHP grew 0.3% and Python grew 0.1%.

2,824 sites run both: less than 0.1% of PHP sites and 1.9% of Python sites.

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%
Py

Python

python.org
Sites
150,865
Share of tracked sites
0.99%
Rank in Programming languages
#4
Change since Jul 2026
▲ +0.14%

Sites using both

2,824
sites run PHP and Python
of PHP sites<0.1%
of Python sites1.9%

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
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Often used with PHP

Top sites using Python

  1. cahunnes.com#292,378
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Often used with Python

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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.