Port80 Surveys the Top 1000 Corporations' Web Servers
Since January 2003, Port80 Software has surveyed Web sites of the U.S. Fortune 1000 corporations to determine their choice of Web server software.
July 2007 marks a new update to Port80's Top 1000 Web Servers Survey -- based on the new 2007 Fortune 1000 list of companies' Web sites (read the related press press release). This is the first survey update with the 2007 list, the latest since August 2006. Check out the 2007 results below, access historical survey results since 2003, or look up a Fortune 1000 Web server or your own site right now:
Microsoft IIS Serves 55.0% of Fortune 1000 Web Sites
[ Top 1000 Web Servers Survey, July 2007 ]
Microsoft IIS 6.0 Gains 9.5% since August 2006 To Serve More Fortune 1000 Web Sites than Apache or IIS 5
[ Top 1000 Web Servers Survey Details, July 2007 ]
Microsoft IIS Continues to Serve More Fortune 1000 Web Sites than Any Other Web Server
[ Top 1000 Web Servers Survey, 2003-2007 ]
* 12.03 survey and all future surveys count Apache variants in the "Apache" group, not the "Other Web Servers" group
** No survey conducted July 2004 to October 2004; periodic surveys from November 2004 on.
Microsoft IIS 6.0 Passes IIS 5 Among Fortune 1000 Servers, While IIS 7 Makes First Appearance on the Survey (Serving up microsoft.com)
[ Top 1000 Web Servers Survey (Microsoft Focus), 2003-2007 ]
* No survey conducted July 2004 to October 2004; periodic surveys from November 2004 on.
Apache Continues to Steal Former Netscape Market Share with Mild Increase
[ Top 1000 Web Servers Survey (By Percent Change), 2003-2007 ]
* No survey conducted July 2004 to October 2004; periodic surveys from November 2004 on.
An important note on Web server identity
Before looking at server market share in more detail, it is important to note that the vast majority of the Top 1000 Corporations' Web sites identify their server software platform in their standard HTTP header response, and thus fail a basic security test.
Come on Fortune 1000, make our jobs more difficult!
Server anonymization with a tool like ServerMask will make your Web site less vulnerable to hackers by removing signatures that betray your Web technologies and by ensuring that exploit attempts are more likely to trigger your firewalls and intrusion detection systems.
To learn more about masking your Web server, check out this Port80 article.To see what clues your Web server may be broadcasting, check out our free, online server header check tool.
What web server are you running?
Is your server's HTTP header divulging your technology platform? Test your site now with our free online header check tool.
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