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 December survey is based on a sample size of 7,108,750 pages downloaded from 862,308 sites. We detected authoring tool usage on 208,569 sites (24.19% of all sites visited).
| Web Authoring Package | Count | Percent |
| microsoft frontpage 4.0 | 75,427 | 8.75% |
| microsoft frontpage 5.0 | 26,304 | 3.05% |
| microsoft frontpage 3.0 | 16,265 | 1.89% |
| adobe golive 4 | 8,960 | 1.04% |
| microsoft frontpage express 2.0 | 5,498 | 0.64% |
| adobe golive 5 | 4,060 | 0.47% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 win | 2,883 | 0.33% |
| microsoft word 97 | 2,414 | 0.28% |
| microsoft frontpage 2.0 | 2,249 | 0.26% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 mac | 1,977 | 0.23% |
| microsoft visual studio 6.0 | 1,934 | 0.22% |
| microsoft publisher 2000 | 1,398 | 0.16% |
| hotmetal pro 4.0 | 1,299 | 0.15% |
| golive cyberstudio 3 | 1,219 | 0.14% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows | 1,119 | 0.13% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 mac | 1,026 | 0.12% |
| ulimit.com inc. | 966 | 0.11% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.1 for windows | 916 | 0.11% |
| html tidy, see www.w3.org | 897 | 0.10% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows | 895 | 0.10% |
| namo webeditor v3.0 | 887 | 0.10% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.0.0 for windows | 855 | 0.10% |
| adobe golive 6 | 822 | 0.10% |
| hotmetal pro 5.0 | 782 | 0.09% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 767 | 0.09% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows | 763 | 0.09% |
| vstore, inc. | 727 | 0.08% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows | 681 | 0.08% |
| namo webeditor v4.0 | 659 | 0.08% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows | 577 | 0.07% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows | 568 | 0.07% |
| microsoft publisher 98 | 561 | 0.07% |
| netobjects fusion mx for windows | 538 | 0.06% |
| editplus | 503 | 0.06% |
| domain direct forwarding | 499 | 0.06% |
| notepad | 497 | 0.06% |
| namo webeditor v5.0 | 491 | 0.06% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows | 468 | 0.05% |
| ulli meybohms html editor | 465 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 439 | 0.05% |
| | 438 | 0.05% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows | 435 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 434 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 428 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 für windows | 415 | 0.05% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 win | 413 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 407 | 0.05% |
| golive cyberstudio | 381 | 0.04% |
| arachnophilia 4.0 | 379 | 0.04% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows | 369 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 355 | 0.04% |
| cutehtml | 354 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 352 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 347 | 0.04% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.2.1 for windows | 327 | 0.04% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j mac | 323 | 0.04% |
| netnames forwarding | 321 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 308 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 304 | 0.04% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.4.0 for windows | 288 | 0.03% |
| microvision development / webexpress | 286 | 0.03% |
| microsoft publisher 97 | 278 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 268 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.79 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 266 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.79 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 265 | 0.03% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows | 255 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.78 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 251 | 0.03% |
| http://www.planck.be | 246 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 244 | 0.03% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.4 for windows | 238 | 0.03% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 5 | 233 | 0.03% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for windows | 230 | 0.03% |
| namo webeditor v5.0(trial) | 229 | 0.03% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.2 for windows | 228 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 222 | 0.03% |
| freeformeditor 1.0 | 215 | 0.02% |
| webdiversion (tm) version 1.7 by uk2.net (c) copyright 1999,2000 - patent pending - html theft will be prosecuted | 213 | 0.02% |
| arachnophilia 3.9 | 207 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 4.5 | 206 | 0.02% |
| stone's webwriter 3.5 | 205 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 201 | 0.02% |
| postnuke 0.7.1 - http://postnuke.com | 199 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 192 | 0.02% |
| php-nuke 5.5 - http://phpnuke.org | 182 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 182 | 0.02% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 4 | 176 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 176 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.1.1 | 175 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion mx für windows | 174 | 0.02% |
| php-nuke 6.0 - copyright 2002 by http://phpnuke.org | 173 | 0.02% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 6 | 169 | 0.02% |
| direct handler v 4.12d ©opyright 25.11.2002 by www.service-fuchs.com | 169 | 0.02% |
| namo webeditor v2.00 | 166 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 für windows | 162 | 0.02% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j win | 155 | 0.02% |
| web studio, version 2.0 for windows | 153 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 153 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 7 for windows | 152 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 149 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 147 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 for windows | 146 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 145 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 143 | 0.02% |
| corel wordperfect 8 | 141 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 139 | 0.02% |
| webexpert | 137 | 0.02% |
| visual page 1.1a for windows | 137 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.0 | 135 | 0.02% |
| microsoft visual studio 7.0 | 132 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for macintosh | 131 | 0.02% |
| microsoft visual studio.net 7.0 | 130 | 0.02% |
| dreamweaver | 129 | 0.01% |
| visual page 1.0 for windows | 123 | 0.01% |
| microsoft frontpage 1.1 | 123 | 0.01% |
| ibm netobjects toppage v4.0.3 for windows | 123 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 122 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 121 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 120 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.78 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 118 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 117 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 117 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 116 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 114 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 7.0.0.0 for windows | 112 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 6.0 web photo gallery | 112 | 0.01% |
| html editor | 108 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1.1 | 105 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 104 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 104 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 3 | 103 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 102 | 0.01% |
| microsoft developer studio | 101 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd nscpcd47 (win98; i) [netscape] | 100 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 98 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.2.0 for windows | 98 | 0.01% |
| webexpert 2000 | 97 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 97 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 9 | 97 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 96 | 0.01% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 for windows | 96 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.6 - copyright 2002 by http://phpnuke.org | 95 | 0.01% |
| netobjects authoring server 2000 | 95 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 94 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2 for windows | 93 | 0.01% |
| photoimpact | 92 | 0.01% |
| arachnophilia 3.4 | 91 | 0.01% |
| web! 2.0 pro edition | 89 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 89 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 88 | 0.01% |
| freeway 3.1 | 88 | 0.01% |
| created using yahoo! pagebuilder 2.61.76 | 87 | 0.01% |
| htmlpad | 86 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 84 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 4 freeware | 84 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 für windows | 83 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 für windows | 83 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 83 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 83 | 0.01% |
| microsoft visual interdev 1.0 | 82 | 0.01% |
| vi | 80 | 0.01% |
| post-nuke 0.7.0.3 - http://postnuke.com | 80 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.2 (win32) | 78 | 0.01% |
| internet designer pro 250 | 78 | 0.01% |
| siteup internet promotions meta-tag builder | 77 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.2 - http://phpnuke.org | 76 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 75 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 75 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.1.2 | 75 | 0.01% |
| created using yahoo! pagebuilder 2.60.18 | 74 | 0.01% |
| simplynet forwarding | 72 | 0.01% |
| quanta plus | 72 | 0.01% |
| elemental software drumbeat 2000 3.04.411 | 72 | 0.01% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows - trial version | 71 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 69 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 69 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 69 | 0.01% |
| htmled32 version 2.0d | 69 | 0.01% |
| aceexpert | 69 | 0.01% |
| textpad 4.0 | 68 | 0.01% |
| jasc paint shop pro 7 | 68 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 67 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 trial for windows | 66 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (x11; i; linux 2.3.99-pre3 i686) [netscape] | 66 | 0.01% |
| newsys | 65 | 0.01% |
| editplus 1.2 | 65 | 0.01% |
| www.cm4all.com | 63 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 4.0 | 63 | 0.01% |
| postnuke 0.7.2 - http://postnuke.com | 62 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 62 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 61 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 61 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 1.0 for windows | 60 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 59 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 2 | 58 | 0.01% |
| none | 57 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 4 pro | 57 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 56 | 0.01% |
| greymatter 1.21c | 56 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 7.0 web photo gallery | 56 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 55 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.0 | 55 | 0.01% |
| microsoft word 97/98 | 54 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j mac | 54 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 53 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 53 | 0.01% |
| microsoft notepad | 51 | 0.01% |
| handmade | 51 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.03 [de] (win95; i) [netscape] | 50 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.0 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 49 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.5.2 | 49 | 0.01% |
| web2date basic | 48 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac evaluation version 1.1.1 | 48 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.0 - http://phpnuke.org | 48 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.76 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 48 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 48 | 0.01% |
| homesite 4.0 | 48 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en]c-dial (win95; u) [netscape] | 47 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 5.1 | 47 | 0.01% |
| (c)2002 all rights reserved. | 47 | 0.01% |
| synkron.web 3 | 46 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd ebm-compaq (win95; u) [netscape] | 46 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v5.0.1 for windows | 46 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 5 pro | 46 | 0.01% |
| thumbsplus - cerious software, inc. | 45 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 45 | 0.01% |
| serif pageplus 8.0 | 44 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 44 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/2.01gold (win32) | 44 | 0.01% |
