Django Developers Survey 2025
Results
This is the fourth annual report based on the official Django Developers Survey, conducted from November 2024 to January 2025 by the Django Software Foundation in collaboration with PyCharm.
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For which purposes do you mainly use Django?
Both for work and for my personal, educational, or side projects
Only for work
Only for my personal, educational, or side projects
Which versions of Django do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | 62% | 5.1 |
| – | – | – | 31% | 5.0 |
| – | – | 69% | 45% | 4.2 |
| – | 55% | 25% | 8% | 4.1 |
| – | 34% | 16% | 6% | 4.0 |
| 75% | 47% | 28% | 12% | 3.2 |
| 30% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 3.1 |
| 50% | 13% | 8% | 6% | 3.0 or lower |
| 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | I'm not sure |
Which version of Django do you use for new projects?
How do you create new Django projects?
How often do you upgrade Django in your projects?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44% | 44% | 40% | 48% | Every stable release |
| 30% | 32% | 32% | 27% | LTS only |
| 14% | 13% | 15% | 11% | Every monthly point release |
| 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | I use an unsupported version of Django |
| 7% | 7% | 8% | 10% | Other |
Which database backend(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77% | 79% | 76% | 76% | PostgreSQL |
| 41% | 40% | 43% | 42% | SQLite |
| 30% | 28% | 30% | 27% | MySQL |
| 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | MariaDB |
| 2% | 2% | 6% | 7% | Oracle |
| – | – | 8% | 6% | MongoDB |
| – | – | 4% | 3% | Microsoft SQL Server |
| 6% | 6% | 4% | 2% | Other |
| 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | None / I’m not sure |
Which cache backend(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47% | 54% | 54% | 52% | Redis |
| – | 16% | 16% | 25% | Database |
| – | 17% | 18% | 18% | Local Memory |
| 18% | 16% | 20% | 15% | Memcached |
| – | 8% | 8% | 8% | Filesystem |
| 2% | 1% | 3% | 1% | Other |
| 43% | 27% | 24% | 22% | None |
Which Django contrib apps do you find most useful?
Which GeoDjango backend(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22% | 22% | 24% | 21% | PostGIS |
| 7% | 6% | 10% | 14% | MySQL |
| 1% | 1% | 4% | 10% | Oracle |
| 3% | 3% | 6% | 2% | Other |
| 72% | 72% | 66% | 65% | None / I’m not sure |
All options with less than 5% have been merged into “Other”.
What are your top three favorite core components?
Which template engine(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79% | 81% | 78% | 83% | Django templates |
| 14% | 14% | 16% | 13% | Jinja2 |
| 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | Other |
| 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | None |
Which types of testing are used in your project?
Which test frameworks do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39% | 41% | 42% | 39% | pytest |
| 36% | 36% | 31% | 33% | unittest |
| – | 31% | 33% | 30% | pytest-django |
| 19% | 21% | 24% | 21% | coverage |
| 4% | 3% | 6% | 12% | django-test-plus |
| 12% | 10% | 15% | 11% | Selenium |
| – | 3% | 9% | 8% | Playwright |
| 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | tox |
| 5% | 5% | 8% | 4% | Cypress |
| 4% | 4% | 9% | 3% | Other |
| 31% | 26% | 25% | 24% | None |
All options with less than 5% have been merged into “Other”.
Which async technologies do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24% | 25% | 28% | 37% | ASGI |
| 22% | 23% | 25% | 25% | asyncio |
| 16% | 18% | 21% | 24% | Fast API |
| 13% | 15% | 19% | 20% | Uvicorn |
| 16% | 15% | 18% | 16% | Channels |
| 10% | 11% | 14% | 14% | Django's async views |
| 9% | 9% | 13% | 14% | Daphne |
| 5% | 4% | 7% | 9% | Starlette |
| 4% | 5% | 9% | 6% | asgiref |
| 5% | 6% | 23% | 4% | Other |
| 49% | 47% | 39% | 36% | None |
All options with less than 5% have been merged into “Other”.
Which JavaScript framework(s) do you use?
Which CSS frameworks do you use?
What are your top five favorite third-party Django packages?
What do you use Django for?
Full-stack development
RestAPI using DRF
Other
Do you write code professionally using Django?
Yes
No, but I have experience in programming in Django
No, I'm only learning to code in Django
No, coding in Django is a hobby for me
Which task queue libraries do you use?
Celery
RQ
DjangoQ
APScheduler
Huey
Dramatiq
Other
I don’t use any task queue library
What is your primary text editor or IDE?
What is your primary local operating system?
macOS
Linux
Windows with WSL
Windows without WSL
Other
Which continuous integration (CI) system(s) do you use?
Which configuration management tools do you use?
Which infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools do you use?
Do you use type hints in your Django code?
Which type checkers do you use?
How much do you contribute to the documentation of the software you’re creating?
Little, or hardly ever
Some, or sometimes
A lot, or often
None, or never
Which of the following do you use to host and publish documentation for the software you create?
How do you use Swagger / OpenAPI?
Generate a specification from our backend
Use it for documentation purposes
Write new code according to a given specification
Other
Which systems and languages do you use to create and build documentation?
| 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64% | 57% | 62% | Markdown |
| 37% | 37% | 41% | Swagger / OpenAPI |
| 24% | 23% | 20% | Sphinx |
| 14% | 16% | 14% | Postman |
| 17% | 17% | 13% | rST |
| 13% | 16% | 10% | wiki |
| 8% | 8% | 6% | Other |
| 19% | 16% | 18% | None |
All options with less than 5% have been merged into “Other”.
Is Python your main programming language?
83%
86%
Yes
13%
13%
No, I use Python as a secondary language
3%
1%
Other
Note: This year, we observed an unusually high number of respondents for whom Python was not the primary language. To account for this and maintain consistency with trends from the previous three years, we weighted the data accordingly. This adjustment helped eliminate anomalies and provided a clearer view of year-over-year changes.
Which other programming language(s) do you use in addition to Python?
What is your main programming language?
This question was shown only to those who didn't choose Python as their main programming language in previous questions.
Other than Django, which web frameworks do you use?
Which web framework do you use the most?
Which of the following do you use to follow Django development?
Which of the following resources do you prefer to use to learn Django?
What do you typically use to upgrade your Python version?
Which version(s) of Python do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | 26% | 3.13 |
| – | – | – | 54% | 3.12 |
| – | – | 65% | 42% | 3.11 |
| 13% | 58% | 46% | 31% | 3.10 |
| 60% | 51% | 29% | 16% | 3.9 |
| 53% | 36% | 20% | 19% | 3.8 |
| 31% | 17% | 8% | 3% | 3.7 |
| 23% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 3.6 - 3.0 |
| 6% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 2.x |
| – | 5% | 3% | 1% | Other |
| 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | I’m not sure |
Which of the following tools do you use to isolate Python environments?
Which code formatters do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35% | 51% | 52% | 40% | Black |
| 30% | 23% | 26% | 26% | autopep8 |
| 18% | 28% | 29% | 21% | isort |
| – | 19% | 18% | 17% | pre-commit |
| 6% | 5% | 10% | 17% | Other |
| 35% | 28% | 24% | 25% | None |
All options with less than 5% have been merged into “Other”.
Which linters do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40% | 43% | 37% | 34% | Flake8 |
| 26% | 41% | 42% | 30% | Black |
| – | – | – | 28% | Ruff |
| 37% | 33% | 29% | 24% | pylint |
| 14% | 18% | 20% | 14% | mypy |
| 4% | 3% | 11% | 2% | Other |
| 26% | 23% | 21% | 22% | None |
What are your top five favorite Python packages?
Which cloud hosting platforms do you use?
Which container orchestration services do you use?
How do you run code in the cloud?
Within containers
In virtual machines
On a platform-as-a-service
Serverless
Other
I don’t use any of the above
How do you develop locally for the cloud?
Do you use Docker containers, or something similar?
I use containers during development
The application I build runs in containers in production
Containers are used in the CI/CD process
I use containers for another purpose
No / I’m not sure
What do you run inside Docker containers?
During development, where do you run your code?
Inside a virtualenv
Inside a container, on my computer
Using the system interpreter on my computer
Inside containers, on a different computer
On a different computer outside of containers
Other
How do you deploy code to remote containers during development?
How do you debug your application?
Using print or log statements
Using my IDE
Using shell / pdb
Other
Do you debug your application on remote hosts or in containers?
I only use log statements
I frequently use a debugger on my application running remotely or in containers
I've attached a debugger once or twice
No
Are you sponsoring any of the third-party libraries, frameworks, or tools that your projects rely on?
Yes
No
Are you aware of the funding options available to support the Django Software Foundation (DSF)?
Yes
No
No
Yes, in a smaller Django meetup or local event related to Django
Yes, in DjangoCon or an event of a similar size related to Django
Would you like to see type hints added to Django core, and if so, would you contribute to the effort?
Yes, and I would like to contribute
Yes, but I would not contribute
No
A strong majority of respondents (84%) are in favor of adding type hints to Django core, with almost half (45%) indicating a willingness to contribute themselves. This level of interest and engagement suggests that the topic is highly relevant to the community.
Which packages would you like to see integrated into Django core?
Which of the following AI tools have you ever used or tried for Django development?
Which of the following tasks do you use AI tools for while using Django?
Which types of projects do you work on using Django?
Which kinds of websites do you develop?
What is your current employment status?
What is your job role?
What is your company size?
How many people work in your team?
Do you work in a team or independently?
I work in a team
I work on my own project independently
I work as an external consultant or trainer
How many projects do you work on?
Many different projects
One main project and several side projects
Only one project
Which of the following industries best describes your company’s business?
How many full years of professional coding experience do you have?
How long have you been programming in Python?
What is your age range?
18–20
21–29
30–39
40–49
50–59
60 or older
I prefer not to answer
Which region are you based in?
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