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As a result of a conversation with a colleague today, I've been searching (unsuccessfully) for a large'ish list of what technology stacks are being used popular websites and standalone applications today. We're aware of the big ones like Facebook (php/ ), Twitter (scala/cassandra), Youtube (python/?), Digg (php/cassandra), stackoverflow (.net mvc/sqlserver), but we're looking for a more complete list. It would also be interesting to hear about any stats for desktop apps also?

Can anyone help?

Edit: I guess this was more born out of the current flurry of sites moving towards nosql/document db's, and it led towards a larger discussion of who's using what. So does anyone know any kind of authorative list?

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Programming language popularity can be found from : http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html and http://langpop.com/, but there is no specific information about stacks for websites or desktop apps.

Tuomas Pelkonen
Yeh I've seen the langpop language comparison. I'm looking for something more like a current list of who's using what...
jacko
+1  A: 

I did a quick Google search and came up with http://www.appliedstacks.com/

I'm not sure it's exhaustive, but they claim to have 18,000+ websites listed.

On that page is a tag cloud. Clicking it brings up a list of websites implemented with that technology.

AaronThomson
If you are looking for a specific language or website, your best bet is a more focussed Google search. ie. "Websites written in django" found this: http://www.djangosites.org/
AaronThomson