Lua

Category - Programming Languages

Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

Technology usage statistics

Websites using Lua 442,634 websites
Most popular in the country United States of America
Market position in Programming Languages #2
Market share in Programming Languages 8.21%

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Lua usage. (See Lua Usage Changes report)
Websites that added Lua +29,995
Websites that dropped Lua -42,830

Distribution by websites popularity

Lua detection in the top websites by popularity
Top 10k sites 227 websites
Top 100k sites 3,348 websites
Top 1m sites 28,942 websites

Websites utilizing Lua

Top websites that use Lua

Domain Country Rank Contacts
www.telegraph.co.uk United States of America 64
www.washingtonpost.com United States of America 80
www.shutterstock.com United States of America 135
tumblr.com Canada 178
www.tumblr.com United States of America 178
www.bloomberg.com United States of America 195
See full domain list

Market Share

Lua market share within the Programming Languages category

Geographical Distribution

Technology usage distribution by websites across the globe.






Lua often used together with


Category - Web Servers.
OpenResty is used together with Lua on 472,068 domains. Total 442,634 domains found using OpenResty
Category - Web Servers.
Nginx is used together with Lua on 453,367 domains. Total 3,346,204 domains found using Nginx
Category - Document Encoding.
UTF-8 is used together with Lua on 358,094 domains. Total 8,492,902 domains found using UTF-8
Category - Document Standards.
JavaScript is used together with Lua on 303,870 domains. Total 6,905,876 domains found using JavaScript
Category - Mobile.
Viewport Meta is used together with Lua on 252,291 domains. Total 5,208,980 domains found using Viewport Meta
Category - Document Standards.
X-UA-Compatible is used together with Lua on 178,889 domains. Total 2,597,478 domains found using X-UA-Compatible


Alternative Technologies


CFML: Total 25,473 domains found using CFML
CPython: Total 157 domains found using CPython
Dart: Total 36 domains found using Dart
Elm: Total 48 domains found using Elm
Erlang: Total 15,915 domains found using Erlang
GeneXus: Total 24 domains found using GeneXus
Go: Total 17,549 domains found using Go
Haskell: Total 57 domains found using Haskell
Java: Total 257,934 domains found using Java
Node.js: Total 63,647 domains found using Node.js