What Are the Most Popular Databases? The Latest DB-Engines Ranking Explained

The DB-Engines Ranking ranks database management systems according to their popularity.

The DB-Engines Ranking ranks database management systems according to their popularity.
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How to read the DB-Engines ranking

This comparison ranks database management systems by popularity and shows how their positions and scores change over time. Use the table to compare database models, current rank, previous rank, and year-over-year movement.

What this comparison helps you decide

  • Which database systems currently have the strongest visibility in the ranking.
  • How relational, document, key-value, and multi-model systems differ.
  • Which platforms deserve a closer technical evaluation for a new project.

The figures below are a time-specific snapshot; consult the linked DB-Engines source for the latest monthly ranking.

The DB-Engines Ranking ranks database management systems according to their popularity. The ranking is updated monthly.

Read more about the method of calculating the scores.

Source: https://db-engines.com/en/ranking

438 systems in ranking, September 2026
Rank DBMS Database Model Score
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1. 1. 1. Oracle Relational, Multi-model info 1122.27 -1.17 -48.36
2. 2. 2. MySQL Relational, Multi-model info 844.82 +2.50 -46.95
3. 3. 3. Microsoft SQL Server Relational, Multi-model info 698.69 +4.13 -18.63
4. 4. 4. PostgreSQL Relational, Multi-model info 683.26 -1.32 +26.08
5. 5. 5. MongoDB Document, Multi-model info 381.31 -3.57 +0.81
6. 6. 6. Snowflake Relational 211.61 -4.28 +21.42
7. 7. up arrow 9. Databricks Multi-model info 168.34 +2.53 +44.27
8. 8. down arrow 7. Redis Key-value, Multi-model info 158.06 +1.55 +12.89
9. 9. down arrow 8. IBM Db2 Relational, Multi-model info 110.57 -1.50 -13.61
10. up arrow 11. up arrow 11. SQLite Relational 97.05 +1.11 -10.83
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