Front-end frameworks popularity (React, Vue, Angular and Svelte)

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Stack Overflow trends

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/trends?tags=reactjs%2Cvue.js%2Cangular%2Csvelte%2Cangularjs%2Cvuejs3

Stack Overflow survey

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kODyUrTPWvz5n0fpUovRdxfXsSikVHz6T3h9Kspuk8g/edit?usp=sharing

2024 (july 2024, +65,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2024

Popularity: React 39.5%, Angular 17.1%, Vue.js 15.4%, AngularJS 6.8%, Svelte 6.5%, Solid.js 1.2%
Desired: React 33.4%, Vue.js 16.3%, Angular 13.9%, Svelte 11.5%, AngularJS 4.2%, Solid.js 3.6%
Admired: Svelte 72.8%, Solid.js 67%, React 62.2%, Vue.js 60.2%, Angular 53.4%, AngularJS 23.1%

2023 (june 2023, +90,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2023

Popularity: React 40.58%, Angular 17.46%, Vue.js 16.38%, AngularJS 7.21%, Svelte 6.62%, Solid.js 1.36%, Lit 0.68%
Desired: React 35.25%, Vue.js 17.42%, Svelte 14.18%, Angular 13.86%, Solid.js 4.93%, AngularJS 4.21%, Lit 0.92%
Admired: Svelte 74.50%, Solid.js 71.71%, React 63.61%, Vue.js 57.87%, Lit 55.71%, Angular 50.75%, AngularJS 19.22%

2022 (june 2022, +70,000 developers): https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022

Popularity: React.js 42.62%, Angular 20.39%, Vue.js 18.82%, Angular.js 8.99%, Svelte 4.58%
Loved: Svelte 75.28%, React.js 68.19%, Vue.js 63.16%, Angular 52.27%, Angular.js 21.01%
Want: React.js 22.54%, Vue.js 14.6%, Angular 7.18%, Svelte 9.34%, Angular.js 4.32%

2021 (august 2021, +80,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2021

Popularity: React.js 40.14%, Angular 22.96%, Vue.js 18.97%, Angular.js 11.49%, Svelte 2.75%
Loved: Svelte 71.47%, React.js 69.28%, Vue.js 64.41%, Angular 55.82%, Angular.js 23.18%
Want: React.js 25.12%, Vue.js 16.69%, Angular 8.47%, Svelte 6.57%, Angular.js 5.8%

2020 (february 2020, 65,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2020

Popularity: React.js 35.9%, Angular 25.1%, Vue.js 17.3%, Angular.js 16.1%
Loved: React.js 68.9%, Vue.js 66.0%, Angular 54.0%, Angular.js 24.1%
Wanted: React.js 22.4%, Vue.js 16.4%, Angular 10.6%, Angular.js 7.7%

2019 (january 2019, +90,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019

Popularity: React.js 31.3%, Angular/Angular.js 30.7%, Vue.js 15.2%
Loved: React.js 74.5%, Vue.js 73.6%, Angular/Angular.js 57.6%
Wanted: React.js 21.5%, Vue.js 16.1%, Angular/Angular.js 12.2%

2018 (january 2018, +100,000 developers): https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2018

Popularity: Angular 36.9%, React 27.8%
Loved: React 69.4%, Angular 54.6%
Wanted: React 21.3%, Angular 14.3%

stateofjs.com survey

2024 (december 2024, 14,015 respondents): https://2024.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks

React
- usage: 82%
- retention: 75%
Vue
- usage: 51%
- retention: 87%
AngularJS + Angular 2+
- usage: 50%
- retention: 54%
Svelte
- usage: 26%
- retention: 88%
Solid
- usage: 9%
- retention: 90%
Lit
- usage: 9%
- retention: 66%

2023 (june 2024, 23,540 respondents): https://2023.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks

React
- usage: 84%
- retention: 76%
Vue
- usage: 50%
- retention: 75%
AngularJS + Angular 2+
- usage: 45%
- retention: 42%
Svelte
- usage: 25%
- retention: 86%
Solid
- usage: 8%
- retention: 86%
Lit
- usage: 7%
- retention: 66%

2018 -> 2022

Satisfaction formula: 100 - (100 / Would use again + Would not use) * Would not use)
Number of users: Would use again + Would not use

2022 (january 2023, 39,472 respondents): https://2022.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks

Solid satisfaction: 90.87% 100-(100/(1883+189)*189) for 2,072 users 1883+189
Svelte satisfaction: 89.62% 100-(100/(6296+729)*729) for 7,025 users 6296+729
React satisfaction: 82.95% 100-(100/(22637+4652)*4652) for 27,289 users 22637+4652
Vue satisfaction: 77.32% 100-(100/(11892+3487)*3487) for 15,379 users 11892+3487
Lit satisfaction: 70.75% 100-(100/(1442+596)*596) for 2,038 users 1442+596
AngularJS + Angular 2+ satisfaction: 42.62% 100-(100/(6929+9328)*9328) for 16,257 users 6929+9328

2021 (february 2022, 16,085 respondents): https://2021.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks

Solid satisfaction: 89.47% 100-(100/(340+40)*40) for 380 users 340+40
Svelte satisfaction: 89.40% 100-(100/(2431+288)*288) for 2,719 users
React satisfaction: 83.65% 100-(100/(9082+1774)*1774) for 10,856 users
Vue satisfaction: 79.91% 100-(100/(5590+1405)*1405) for 6,995 users
Lit satisfaction: 77.28% 100-(100/(745+219)*219) for 964 users 745+219
AngularJS + Angular 2+ satisfaction: 44.73% 100-(100/(3306+4084)*4084) for 7,390 users

2020 (december 2020, 23,765 respondents): https://2020.stateofjs.com/en-US/technologies/front-end-frameworks

Svelte satisfaction: 88.89% 100-(100/(2810+351)*351) for 3,161 users
React satisfaction: 87.49% 100-(100/(15071+2154)*2154) for 17,225 users
Vue satisfaction: 85.15% 100-(100/(9029+1574)*1574) for 10,603 users
LitElement satisfaction: 77.6%
AngularJS + Angular 2+ satisfaction: 41.60% 100-(100/(5046+7081)*7081) for 12,127 users

2019 (december 2019, 21,717 respondents): https://2019.stateofjs.com/front-end-frameworks

React satisfaction: 89.33% 100-(100/(14382+1717)*1717) for 16,099 users
Svelte satisfaction: 87.63% 100-(100/(1368+193)*193) for 1,561 users
Vue satisfaction: 87.14% 100-(100/(8122+1198)*1198) for 9,320 users
AngularJS + Angular 2+ satisfaction: 37.95% 100-(100/(4396+7186)*7186) for 11,582 users

2018 (november 2018, 20,268 developers): https://2018.stateofjs.com/front-end-frameworks/overview/

Vue satisfaction: 91.15% 100-(100/(5810+564)*564) for 6,374 users
React satisfaction: 90.60% 100-(100/(13062+1355)*1355) for 14,417 users
AngularJS + Angular 2+ satisfaction: 41.37% 100-(100/(4817+6826)*6826) for 11,643 users

JetBrains survey

2024 (11 december 2024, 23,262 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2024/

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2023 (20 november 2023, 26,348 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2023/javascript/

React: 57%
Vue: 32%
Angular: 20%
React Native: 12%
Svelte: 7%

2022 (17 january 2023, 29,269 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/javascript/

React: 55%
Vue: 35%
Angular 2+: 17%
React Native: 12%
AngularJS: 7%
Svelte: 5%

2021 (16 july 2021, 31,743 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2021/javascript/

React: 49% regularly use
Vue: 43% regularly use
Angular 2+: 18% regularly use
React Native: 14% regularly use
AngularJS: 9% regularly use
Svelte: 3% regularly use

2020 (11 june 2020, 19,696 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2020/javascript/

React: 64% regularly use
Vue: 32% regularly use
Angular 2+: 24% regularly use
React Native: 21% regularly use
AngularJS: 11% regularly use
Svelte: 2% regularly use

2019 (11 june 2019, 7,000 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2019/javascript/

React: 54% regularly use
Vue: 39% regularly use
Angular 2+: 23% regularly use
React Native: 20% regularly use
AngularJS: 14% regularly use

2018 (7 june 2018, 6,000 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/research/devecosystem-2018/javascript/

React: 60% regularly use
Vue: 33% regularly use
React Native: 25% regularly use
AngularJS: 21% regularly use
Angular 2+: 20% regularly use

2017 (12 july, 2017, 5,000 developers): https://www.jetbrains.com/research/devecosystem-2017/javascript/

React: 49% regularly use
AngularJS: 44% regularly use
Angular 2+: 22% regularly use
React Native: 18% regularly use
Vue: 20% regularly use

Jamstack Community Survey

2022 (2022/11/07, 6,544 responses): https://jamstack.org/survey/2022/#frameworks-by-usage-and-satisfaction

Popularity: React 71%, Vue 33%, Angular 2+ 20%, Svelte 19%, Angular.js 14%, SolidJS 6%
Satisfaction: Svelte 5.3, Vue 3.1, React 2.9, Angular 2+ 0.7, Angular.js 0.3, SolidJS 2.0