Django Developers Survey 2026
Results
This is the fifth annual report based on the official Django Developers Survey, conducted from May to July 2026 by the Django Software Foundation in collaboration with PyCharm.
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How do you use Django?
Work
Personal projects
Education
Other
What versions of Django do you use?
Note: Previous surveys were conducted mostly in autumn, giving respondents more time to migrate to the latest Django version.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | – | 43% | 6.0 |
| – | – | – | 75% | 44% | 5.x |
| – | 70% | 86% | 49% | 6% | 4.x |
| 97% | 56% | 34% | 16% | 3% | Older than 4.x |
| 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | Not sure |
How often do you upgrade Django in your projects?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 44% | 44% | 40% | 48% | 46% | Every stable release |
| 30% | 32% | 32% | 27% | 35% | LTS only |
| 14% | 13% | 15% | 11% | 18% | Every monthly point release |
| 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 4% | I use an unsupported version of Django |
| 7% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 6% | Other |
| – | – | – | – | 9% | I don't upgrade |
What database backend(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77% | 79% | 76% | 76% | 79% | PostgreSQL |
| 41% | 40% | 43% | 42% | 46% | SQLite |
| 30% | 28% | 30% | 27% | 26% | MySQL |
| 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 10% | MariaDB |
| – | – | 8% | 6% | 7% | MongoDB |
| – | – | 4% | 3% | 6% | Microsoft SQL Server |
| 2% | 2% | 6% | 7% | 3% | Oracle |
| 6% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 2% | Other |
| 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | None |
How do you use Django?
Server-rendered templates
API-only
Backend for single-page application or dedicated JavaScript frontend
CMS
Other
How do you primarily use Django?
Server-rendered templates
Backend for single-page application or dedicated JavaScript frontend
API-only
CMS
Other
What types of projects do you use Django for?
What template engine do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79% | 81% | 78% | 83% | 80% | Django templates |
| 14% | 14% | 16% | 13% | 17% | Jinja2 |
| 1% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | Other |
| 14% | 13% | 13% | 12% | 14% | None |
Which tools do you use to build APIs with Django?
How do you validate user input?
Which CSS frameworks do you use?
What JavaScript framework(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37% | 36% | 35% | 32% | 38% | React |
| 5% | 16% | 23% | 24% | 34% | htmx |
| 37% | 32% | 31% | 26% | 23% | jQuery |
| 28% | 25% | 19% | 17% | 17% | Vue |
| – | – | – | – | 15% | Next.js / Nuxt |
| 3% | 6% | 10% | 14% | 14% | Alpine.js |
| – | – | – | – | 14% | Mobile apps consuming Django APIs |
| 10% | 8% | 10% | 6% | 8% | Angular |
| – | 3% | 4% | 8% | 4% | Svelte |
| 3% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | Other |
| 20% | 19% | 18% | 17% | 16% | None |
Which Django components matter most to you?
How do you create new Django projects?
Which code quality or formatting tool(s) do you use?
How do you manage Python environments for Django projects?
How do you test your Django applications?
Which cache backend do you use?
What GeoDjango backend(s) do you use?
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 | 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 23% | PostGIS |
| 7% | 6% | 10% | 14% | 11% | MySQL |
| 1% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 3% | Oracle |
| 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | SpatiaLite |
| 1% | 1% | 2% | 0% | 1% | Other |
| 72% | 72% | 66% | 65% | 67% | None |
Do you use type hints in your Django code?
Do you use Django’s async features?
Which type checkers do you use?
Which Django’s async features do you use?
What do you primarily deploy Django apps as?
Monolith
Hybrid
Microservices
Static websites
Not sure
Other
Where do you host your Django applications?
How is your database hosted?
Self-managed
Managed service
Same environment as application
Not sure
Which continuous integration (CI) system(s) do you use?
How do you serve static files in production?
What is your primary local operating system?
Linux
Windows
macOS
Other
How do you use Docker or containers?
What interface do you use for AI?
Web browser
IDE integration
CLI tool
Local LLM models
Other
How does AI interact with your Django codebase?
What do you use AI to help with?
How do you keep up with changes to Django and the ecosystem?
Have you ever contributed to open-source Django or Python projects?
Have you heard of Django’s new features board/repository for tracking new feature ideas?
What was the biggest blocker for you in contributing to open-source Django or Python projects?
What is your current employment status?
What is your job role?
What is your company size?
How many full years of professional coding experience do you have?
How many full years of Django experience do you have?
What is your age range?
What is your gender?
Which region are you based in?
Download the anonymized survey responses and see what you can learn! Share your findings and insights by mentioning @pycharm and @djangoproject on X, or @django on Fosstodon with the hashtag #djangosurvey. You can also join the conversation and share your ideas about this survey on the Django Forum or the Django Discord server.
Once again, on behalf of both the Django Software Foundation and PyCharm team, we’d like to thank everyone who took part in this survey.
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