Go has surpassed Node.js as the most popular language used for making automated API requests, according to cloud provider Cloudflare’s annual review of internet trends.
More than half of the internet traffic seen by Cloudflare is API-related, and much of this traffic is automated API calls from dynamic websites and applications, the company wrote in its 2024 Cloudflare Radar Year in Review report. The most popular language for making these automated API requests, Cloudflare found, was Go, which topped the traffic numbers at 11.8%. Node.js was close behind with 10%, followed by Python at 9.6%, Java at 7.4%, and .NET at 3.6%. Go’s share increased by about 40%, Cloudflare said, while Node’s share fell by about 30%. The shares of Python and Java also rose, while .NET’s fell.
This year’s report marks Cloudflare’s fifth year of observing internet trends and patterns throughout the year at both and country/regional levels, across a variety of metrics. Trends and patterns are observed in Cloudflare’s global network. Other findings in this year’s report include the following:
