The following tables illustrates the usage of web authoring tools
on the web. The tool is determined by examining the web page
meta tag 'generator'. Readers are cautioned that not all authoring
packages insert their name in this meta tag, and as such may not
be picked up in this survey.
The February survey is based on a sample size of 6,486,192 pages downloaded from 866,996 sites. We detected authoring tool usage on 254,037 sites (29.30% of all sites visited).
| Web Authoring Package | Count | Percent |
| microsoft frontpage 4.0 | 93,581 | 10.79% |
| microsoft frontpage 3.0 | 28,870 | 3.33% |
| microsoft frontpage 5.0 | 13,372 | 1.54% |
| adobe golive 4 | 13,330 | 1.54% |
| microsoft frontpage express 2.0 | 8,268 | 0.95% |
| microsoft frontpage 2.0 | 4,386 | 0.51% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 win | 4,243 | 0.49% |
| microsoft word 97 | 3,701 | 0.43% |
| adobe golive 5 | 3,566 | 0.41% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 mac | 3,050 | 0.35% |
| golive cyberstudio 3 | 2,144 | 0.25% |
| hotmetal pro 4.0 | 2,110 | 0.24% |
| microsoft visual studio 6.0 | 1,988 | 0.23% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 mac | 1,910 | 0.22% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows | 1,818 | 0.21% |
| microsoft publisher 2000 | 1,520 | 0.18% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 1,197 | 0.14% |
| hotmetal pro 5.0 | 1,121 | 0.13% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows | 1,102 | 0.13% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows | 1,050 | 0.12% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.1 for windows | 1,026 | 0.12% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows | 921 | 0.11% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows | 897 | 0.10% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 892 | 0.10% |
| namo webeditor v3.0 | 875 | 0.10% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows | 803 | 0.09% |
| namo webeditor v4.0 | 790 | 0.09% |
| microsoft publisher 98 | 772 | 0.09% |
| golive cyberstudio | 730 | 0.08% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows | 725 | 0.08% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 718 | 0.08% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows | 694 | 0.08% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 638 | 0.07% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 win | 634 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 627 | 0.07% |
| html tidy, see www.w3.org | 619 | 0.07% |
| notepad | 581 | 0.07% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 573 | 0.07% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 549 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 537 | 0.06% |
| | 535 | 0.06% |
| domaindirect forwarding | 527 | 0.06% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j mac | 524 | 0.06% |
| vstore, inc. | 522 | 0.06% |
| netnames forwarding | 497 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 494 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 440 | 0.05% |
| arachnophilia 4.0 | 436 | 0.05% |
| microsoft publisher 97 | 423 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows | 418 | 0.05% |
| ulimit.com inc. | 400 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for windows | 398 | 0.05% |
| cutehtml | 397 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 391 | 0.05% |
| ulli meybohms html editor | 384 | 0.04% |
| microvision development / webexpress | 382 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 377 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 375 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 369 | 0.04% |
| editplus | 363 | 0.04% |
| netobjects fusion mx for windows | 361 | 0.04% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.2 for windows | 359 | 0.04% |
| bbedit 4.5 | 340 | 0.04% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows | 329 | 0.04% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.4 for windows | 329 | 0.04% |
| arachnophilia 3.9 | 328 | 0.04% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 5 | 315 | 0.04% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 4 | 315 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.78 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 311 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 296 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 294 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 291 | 0.03% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.2.1 for windows | 284 | 0.03% |
| microsoft frontpage 1.1 | 282 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 273 | 0.03% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j win | 263 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 260 | 0.03% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.4.0 for windows | 241 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 234 | 0.03% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for macintosh | 232 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 232 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 227 | 0.03% |
| bbedit 5.0 | 227 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 224 | 0.03% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 für windows | 221 | 0.03% |
| namo webeditor v2.00 | 215 | 0.02% |
| homesite 4.0 | 211 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 for windows | 205 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.1.1 | 201 | 0.02% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.0.0 for windows | 200 | 0.02% |
| namo webeditor v5.0 | 197 | 0.02% |
| web studio, version 2.0 for windows | 196 | 0.02% |
| corel wordperfect 8 | 193 | 0.02% |
| visual page 1.1a for windows | 192 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 192 | 0.02% |
| webdiversion (tm) version 1.7 by uk2.net (c) copyright 1999,2000 - patent pending - html theft will be prosecuted | 191 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 für windows | 189 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 189 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 189 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 186 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 186 | 0.02% |
| visual page 1.0 for windows | 185 | 0.02% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1.1 | 185 | 0.02% |
| stone's webwriter 3 | 185 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 185 | 0.02% |
| freeformeditor 1.0 | 185 | 0.02% |
| direct handler v 4.04 ©opyright 29.01.2002 by www.service-partner.at | 185 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 for windows | 172 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 165 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 160 | 0.02% |
| microsoft developer studio | 159 | 0.02% |
| elemental software drumbeat 2000 3.04.411 | 159 | 0.02% |
| webexpert | 158 | 0.02% |
| netobjects authoring server 2000 | 155 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 152 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 152 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 148 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 148 | 0.02% |
| stone's webwriter 3.5 | 146 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 146 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 142 | 0.02% |
| microsoft visual interdev 1.0 | 142 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 141 | 0.02% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j mac | 136 | 0.02% |
| aceexpert | 136 | 0.02% |
| dreamweaver | 134 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 132 | 0.02% |
| microsoft word 9 | 129 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 128 | 0.01% |
| web! 2.0 pro edition | 127 | 0.01% |
| vi | 127 | 0.01% |
| ibm netobjects toppage v4.0.3 for windows | 127 | 0.01% |
| arachnophilia 3.4 | 127 | 0.01% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 6 | 126 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd nscpcd47 (win98; i) [netscape] | 125 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 125 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 2 | 123 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 119 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 119 | 0.01% |
| freeway 3.1 | 119 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 118 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 118 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2 for windows | 116 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 116 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 116 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.79 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 114 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.78 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 110 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 109 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.2 (win32) | 108 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 trial for windows | 107 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 107 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 für windows | 106 | 0.01% |
| htmled32 version 2.0d | 103 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 101 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 99 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 97 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.0 - http://phpnuke.org | 95 | 0.01% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.04z | 95 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.2 - http://phpnuke.org | 94 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 94 | 0.01% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows - trial version | 93 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 4 freeware | 93 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 91 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/2.01gold (win32) | 91 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 89 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.0 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 89 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 88 | 0.01% |
| htmlpad | 88 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en]c-dial (win95; u) [netscape] | 86 | 0.01% |
| webexpert 2000 | 85 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd ebm-compaq (win95; u) [netscape] | 85 | 0.01% |
| editplus 1.2 | 82 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 1.0 for windows | 81 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 81 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac evaluation version 1.1.1 | 80 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 97/98 | 80 | 0.01% |
| textpad 4.0 | 78 | 0.01% |
| siteup internet promotions meta-tag builder | 78 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 78 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 für windows | 77 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 76 | 0.01% |
| internet designer pro 250 | 76 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.2 for windows | 76 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [ja] (win98; u) [netscape] | 73 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke - http://phpnuke.org | 72 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 72 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.3.0 for windows | 72 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2i for windows | 70 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 70 | 0.01% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.0z | 70 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 69 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 69 | 0.01% |
| handmade by j.voigt | 69 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.76 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 68 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en]c-gatewaynet (win98; i) [netscape] | 68 | 0.01% |
| intuit inc., http://site.quickbooks.com | 68 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 67 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro32 version 2.0b | 67 | 0.01% |
| realproducer g2 | 66 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 66 | 0.01% |
| kuba 0.008 | 65 | 0.01% |
| ibm homepage builder v3.0 for windows | 65 | 0.01% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.0gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 64 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (x11; i; linux 2.3.99-pre3 i686) [netscape] | 64 | 0.01% |
| hotdog professional | 64 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 63 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 63 | 0.01% |
| handmade | 63 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.1.2 | 63 | 0.01% |
| photoimpact | 62 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.79 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 62 | 0.01% |
| microsoft notepad | 62 | 0.01% |
| html editor | 62 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 4 pro | 62 | 0.01% |
| self | 61 | 0.01% |
| macromedia dreamweaver 3.0 | 61 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 5.5 web photo gallery | 61 | 0.01% |
| freeway 3.0 | 60 | 0.01% |
| textpad 3.0 | 59 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.1 (win32) | 59 | 0.01% |
| namo webeditor v5.0(trial) | 59 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 6.0 web photo gallery | 59 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win16; i) [netscape] | 58 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.03gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 58 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpage express3 1.0 | 58 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.2 (linux) | 57 | 0.01% |
| post-nuke 0.7.0 - http://postnuke.com | 57 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.3.1 - http://phpnuke.org | 57 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 57 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 57 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 57 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 57 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 98 | 57 | 0.01% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.6 for windows | 57 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 3.0 | 57 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page 1.0 | 56 | 0.01% |
| namo webeditor v4.0(trial) | 56 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 56 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.0 | 56 | 0.01% |
| wordperfect 9 | 55 | 0.01% |
| visual page 1.1 for windows | 55 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 macintosh | 55 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion mx für windows | 53 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en-gb]c-cck-mcd netscapeonline.co.uk (win98; i) [netscape] | 53 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 52 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 52 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.08 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 52 | 0.01% |
| lotus domino 4.6 | 52 | 0.01% |
| greymatter 1.21b | 52 | 0.01% |
| generator wielkiego imperatora | 52 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 51 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 51 | 0.01% |
| micrografx windows draw 6 | 51 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 4.0 | 51 | 0.01% |
| cosmo create 1.0.3 | 51 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 50 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 50 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 50 | 0.01% |
| lotus word pro | 49 | 0.01% |
| internet assistant for word 1.0z | 49 | 0.01% |
| homesite | 49 | 0.01% |
| simplynet forwarding | 48 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 48 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 48 | 0.01% |
| user-agent: mozilla/3.01gold (macintosh; i; ppc) | 47 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 46 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (x11; i; linux 2.2.9-23mdk i686) [netscape] | 46 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 73.1 | 46 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro 3.0 | 46 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.0.2 | 46 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 5.1 | 46 | 0.01% |
| macromedia dreamweaver | 45 | 0.01% |
| allaire homesite 4.0 | 45 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 per windows | 45 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page 1.0.2 | 44 | 0.01% |
| print shop web site designer | 44 | 0.01% |
| ikonboard 3.0.1 | 44 | 0.01% |
| freeway 2.0.3 | 44 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j win | 44 | 0.01% |
| a+ web design's meta-tag master | 44 | 0.01% |
