Nginx

Category - Web Servers, Reverse Proxy

NGINX is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy.


We have discovered  14,448,290 live websites   are using Nginx.

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Technology usage statistics

Websites using Nginx:14,448,290 websites
Most popular in: United States
Market position in Web Servers category:#1
Market share in Web Servers:28.48%
Most popular version:1.18

Security vulnerabilites

Top 10 most common security vulnerabilities associated with Nginx
PublishedCVETitleDomains
Mar, 2026CVE-2026-27651NGINX ngx_mail_auth_http_module vulnerability3,104,928
Mar, 2026CVE-2026-28753NGINX ngx_mail_proxy_module vulnerability3,104,753
Mar, 2026CVE-2026-27784NGINX ngx_http_mp4_module vulnerability3,092,114
Mar, 2026CVE-2026-32647NGINX ngx_http_mp4_module vulnerability3,092,114
Feb, 2026CVE-2026-1642NGINX vulnerability3,059,707
Aug, 2025CVE-2025-53859NGINX ngx_mail_smtp_module vulnerability3,002,155
Oct, 2022CVE-2022-41741NGINX ngx_http_mp4_module vulnerability CVE-2022-417411,653,210
Oct, 2022CVE-2022-41742NGINX ngx_http_mp4_module vulnerability CVE-2022-417421,653,210
Jun, 2021CVE-2021-23017A security issue in nginx resolver was identified, which might allow an attacker who is able to forg...1,095,780
Mar, 2026CVE-2026-28755NGINX ngx_stream_ssl_module vulnerability855,067

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Nginx usage.
Websites that added Nginx 493,114
Websites that dropped Nginx 629,662
Websites that changed version of Nginx  428,113

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Alternative Names

  • NGINX Open Source
  • Nginx Web Server

Technology Information


Major Versions

  • 1.xx (232 subversions, 3,107,211 domains)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using Nginx
United States4,292,695 websites


Germany1,498,186 websites
Russia1,227,130 websites
Hong Kong622,912 websites
China602,957 websites
Japan545,643 websites
France480,938 websites
Netherlands457,763 websites
Canada449,594 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using Nginx
.com5,794,987 websites
.ru1,078,985 websites
.de892,687 websites
.cn860,557 websites
.org498,314 websites
.net470,891 websites
.nl379,824 websites
.co.uk271,859 websites
.it263,899 websites
.ch180,698 websites

Nginx Versions

sorted by popularity
1.18496,427 websites
1.28340,267 websites
1.24224,090 websites
1.21.1180,307 websites
1.22.1170,089 websites
1.14.2133,290 websites
1.27.2128,020 websites
1.28.2124,730 websites
1.25.5117,407 websites
1.26.3112,713 websites

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Top Websites Using Nginx

A look at the most popular websites built with Nginx
DomainCountryRankContacts
wordpress.org United States4
s.w.org United States5
gmpg.org Canada10
s-origin.wordpress.org United States17
code.jquery.com United States23
secure.gravatar.com United States35
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FAQ

Nginx falls under the categories of Web Servers, and Reverse Proxy.
WebTechSurvey systematically indexes websites and their technologies. Users can find websites using Nginx through the WebTechSurvey platform.
There are currently 58,850,305 live websites that use Nginx.
The main competitors to Nginx include Apache, Cloudflare Server, OpenResty, and LiteSpeed.
Nginx has a known security vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-27651, CVE-2026-27784, CVE-2026-28753, and CVE-2026-28755.