JavaScript Libraries Market Share & Usage Statistics (2026)
jQuery runs on 16,457,738 live websites, 18.3% of the 89,238,328 sites we detect using JavaScript libraries. Below, all 100 tools we detect in this category, ranked by live websites, with market share and 30-day adoption momentum.
Data updated Oct 19, 2026
- #1
jQuery UI
Companies that use jQuery UI: 5,108,595 domains load it in our October 2026 crawl, 75.94% of them on WordPress.
Live websites5,108,595Market Share5.69%Top CountryUnited States - #2
Swiper
Companies that use Swiper: our October 2026 crawl finds the free slider library on 4,380,045 live domains, including Accenture, Boeing and HDFC Bank.
Live websites4,380,045Market Share4.87%Top CountryUnited States - #3
GSAP
GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is a high-performance JavaScript animation library that powers smooth, production-grade animations on the modern web.
Live websites2,909,817Market Share3.24%Top CountryUnited States 
Lodash
Companies that use Lodash: 2,835,192 domains in our October 2026 crawl, after removing 1.3 million Underscore.js misreads.
Live websites (cleaned)2,835,192Market Share3.18%Top CountryUnited States
RequireJS
RequireJS is a JavaScript file and module loader that implements the AMD (Asynchronous Module Definition) API for asynchronous dependency management.
Live websites991,773Market Share1.1%Top CountryUnited States
Lucide
Companies that use Lucide: the open-source icon library renders on 833,303 live domains in our crawl, including Assurant, Arcadis and Principal.
Live websites833,303Market Share0.93%Top CountryUnited States
Framer Motion
Companies that use Framer Motion: we detect the animation library, since renamed Motion, on 405,042 live domains, including Airbnb, Southwest Airlines and PepsiCo.
Live websites405,042Market Share0.45%Top CountryUnited States
Handlebars
Handlebars is a JavaScript templating library that creates reusable webpage templates by separating HTML presentation from business logic.
Live websites221,696Market Share0.25%Top CountryUnited States
Three.js
Three.js is a cross-browser JavaScript library for creating 3D graphics in a web browser using WebGL and WebGPU.
Live websites128,644Market Share0.14%Top CountryUnited States
htmx
htmx is a small JavaScript library that lets HTML attributes request and swap server-rendered fragments.
Live websites38,414Market Share0.04%Top CountryUnited States
JavaScript Libraries Market Data
Adoption and 30-day momentum across 100 javascript libraries technologies, measured from our live detection crawl.
Biggest Movers
Market Share
jQuery18.31%
core-js12.05%- jQuery Migrate9.78%
- jQuery UI5.69%
- Swiper4.87%
- UUnderscore.js4.63%
- …Others44.7%
JavaScript Libraries
FAQ.
What is JavaScript Libraries software?
JavaScript Libraries covers the tools a site can load or configure to handle this part of its stack. We detect one of the 100 javascript libraries tools in this category on 89,238,328 live sites. A detection means we found the technology on the site, which is not the same as a paid account.
What are the most popular javascript libraries platforms?
Across 89,238,328 detected sites, the most widely found javascript libraries tools are: jQuery (18.31% share, 16,457,738 sites), core-js (12.05% share, 10,827,094 sites), jQuery Migrate (9.78% share, 8,786,948 sites). Others we see regularly include jQuery UI and Swiper.
Which javascript libraries tool has the largest market share?
jQuery is the most widely detected javascript libraries tool at 18.31% share, on 16,457,738 sites. The largest share of those sites belongs to various companies, and to businesses in the 1-10 employee band.
Which industries use javascript libraries software the most?
The industries with the most detected sites in this category are Construction, Business Consulting and Services, IT Services and IT Consulting, Retail, Real Estate. Industry mix follows where these tools get installed, so a category carried by website builders or agency templates will lean toward the verticals those platforms serve rather than the vendor's target buyer.
Which countries have the highest adoption of javascript libraries tools?
We detect the most javascript libraries sites in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, India. Country here is the company's registered location in our enriched data rather than where the site is served from, so read it as a ranking of markets rather than a measure of any single one.
How do I choose the right javascript libraries platform?
Start from your own size, industry and primary use case rather than from share. jQuery, core-js and jQuery Migrate are the three we detect most often in this category, which tells you what is common, not what fits you. Compare their integrations, pricing tiers and support commitments against the workflow you actually run, and check each vendor's own documentation for current capabilities.
How many companies use javascript libraries software?
TechnologyChecker.io detects javascript libraries tools on 89,238,328 live sites. That is a count of sites carrying the technology, not a count of paying customers, and a site running two tools in this category is counted under each. We crawl 2 billion+ URLs across 29.9M live business domains each sweep.
What is the source of this data?
TechnologyChecker.io's web crawling and technology detection platform. We've logged 2.12 billion total detections over 20+ years, covering 40,000+ technologies across the 29.9M live business domains we successfully crawl each sweep. Detection methods include JavaScript analysis, HTTP headers, HTML patterns, DNS records, and certificate transparency logs.