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Java is a class-based, object-oriented programming language designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. Developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems (now owned by Oracle Corporation) and released in 1995, Java follows the "write once, run anywhere" (WORA) principle, meaning compiled Java code can run on all platforms that support Java without the need for recompilation. Java applications are typically compiled to bytecode that can run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM) regardless of the underlying computer architecture. Known for its "C-like" syntax, Java has become one of the most popular programming languages, particularly for client-server web applications. Its robustness, security features, and cross-platform capabilities have made it a staple in enterprise software development, Android app development, and large-scale web services.

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129websites

use it — 5.1% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months

#3of 9

tools in its category seen in our scans (we recognize 30)

28public pages

on UptimeCard — open any of them to see how that site is doing

3.82% of all websites we track run Java▼ 0.01 points since 20 Sep

At a glance

UptimeCard's own scans and tests of 2,555 websites · refreshed weekly

How Java sites scoreout of 100 · hover or tap a score for details

48PerformancePooraverage site: 5092AccessibilityGoodaverage site: 8979Best practicesFairaverage site: 9392SEOGoodaverage site: 92

Page load time

Loads about 14% slower than the average site

Java sites
4.9 s
All sites
4.3 s

Most Java sites load in 3.4–5.7 s. Home page weight: 3.6 MB vs 3.3 MB for all sites. 23 public sites measured.

Where are they hosted?

Mostly Amazon Web Services and Cloudflare

  • Amazon Web Services39%
  • Cloudflare14%
  • Fastly11%
  • Akamai International B.V.7%
  • Other29%
United States 64%Canada 21%Australia 4%

Who uses it?

Technology and Software is the biggest group

Technology and Software64%
Business Services11%
Cybersecurity11%
Other7%

Share of 28 classified public sites. “× average” compares with all 961 public sites.

Browser-security check

30% of graded sites pass

3of 10 score B or better

Rates each site’s own security settings, not Java. 10 public sites graded so far.

How Java sites are built

Closest partners. The number says how many times more often the tool runs on Java sites than on an average website. Hover a partner for its share of sites.

Adobe Experience Manager20×Adobe Client Data Layer15×Adobe Target11×Adobe Experience Platform Launch10×Adobe Experience Platform Identity Service8×Brightcove8×Adobe Analytics7×Akamai mPulse6×Boomerang6×

Stacks we see most. Tools that tend to run together with Java on the same websites. The percentage is the share of all 129 Java sites that run the whole stack.

10 stacks · swipe, drag or use the arrows
#1

Java + Adobe Experience Manager + DigiCert + OneTrust + Akamai

11.6%15 of 129 sites
#2

Java + Adobe Experience Manager + OneTrust + Adobe Client Data Layer + Brightcove

4.7%6 of 129 sites
#3

Java + Adobe Experience Manager + DigiCert + Adobe Client Data Layer + Bootstrap

3.9%5 of 129 sites
#4

Java + Adobe Experience Manager + Akamai + Brightcove + VideoJS

3.9%5 of 129 sites
#5

Java + DigiCert + OneTrust + Adobe Client Data Layer + VideoJS

3.1%4 of 129 sites
#6

Java + DigiCert + Handlebars

3.9%5 of 129 sites
#7

Java + Akamai + Sectigo

3.9%5 of 129 sites
#8

Java + Brightcove + TrustArc

3.1%4 of 129 sites
#9

Java + Akamai + Handlebars

3.1%4 of 129 sites
#10

Java + Bootstrap + Unpkg

3.1%4 of 129 sites

Usually installed alongside

The bigger the bubble, the more of the 129 Java sites also run the tool. Colour shows what the tool does. Hover or tap a bubble for details.

Adobe Experience Platform Launch43%Google Tag Manager38%OneTrust43%Google Analytics40%Facebook Pixel24%Linkedin Insight Tag21%Microsoft Advertising20%Google Ads12%Cart Functionality19%Adobe Target13%
Tag managerCookie consentAnalyticsAdvertisingOnline storeA/B testing

Similar tools in its category

Programming languages: 30 tools known, 9 seen in our scans

PHP770 sitesAlternativeNode.js471 sitesAlternativePython82 sitesAlternativeGraphQL42 sitesAlternativeRuby27 sitesAlternativeScala4 sitesAlternativePerl1 sitesAlternativeErlang0 sitesAlternativeTypeScript72 sitesUsed together

How websites combine Java with other tools

Relationships found on the websites that use it, from the same map status pages show.

Built on a platform 18Needs another tool 8Integrates with another 6Complements another tool 4Overlaps with another 1

Websites using Java

129 websites use Java: 5.1% of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months. A selection is shown below.

Scores are out of 100: P Performance · A Accessibility · B Best practices · S SEO. Green 80+, yellow 65–79, orange 50–64, red below 50. The dot shows whether our last scan found the site failing (red) or not (green); Red, amber or blue: an active incident on the site's status page (outage, degraded, maintenance) or a failing scan; amber also means a certificate ending within 30 days. Hover the dot for details.

Questions about Java

How many websites use Java?
We found Java on 129 of the 2,555 websites we scanned in the last 12 months (5.1%). 28 of them have a public status page.
What is Java often used with?
Among the websites we scan, Java is often found alongside Adobe Experience Manager (80.6% of its sites), Adobe Experience Platform Launch (43.4% of its sites), DigiCert (43.4% of its sites).
What are the alternatives to Java?
Other programming languages tools we recognize include PHP, Node.js, Python, TypeScript.

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