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 March survey is based on a sample size of 13,266,446 pages downloaded from 1,696,085 sites. We detected authoring tool usage on 408,201 sites (24.07% of all sites visited).
| Web Authoring Package | Count | Percent |
| microsoft frontpage 4.0 | 136,033 | 8.02% |
| microsoft frontpage 5.0 | 57,147 | 3.37% |
| microsoft frontpage 3.0 | 30,538 | 1.80% |
| adobe golive 4 | 16,998 | 1.00% |
| microsoft frontpage express 2.0 | 10,590 | 0.62% |
| adobe golive 5 | 7,825 | 0.46% |
| html tidy, see www.w3.org | 6,146 | 0.36% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 win | 5,383 | 0.32% |
| microsoft word 97 | 4,471 | 0.26% |
| microsoft frontpage 2.0 | 4,224 | 0.25% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 mac | 4,075 | 0.24% |
| microsoft visual studio 6.0 | 3,837 | 0.23% |
| microsoft publisher 2000 | 2,613 | 0.15% |
| hotmetal pro 4.0 | 2,429 | 0.14% |
| golive cyberstudio 3 | 2,395 | 0.14% |
| adobe golive 6 | 2,118 | 0.12% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 for windows | 2,088 | 0.12% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 mac | 1,878 | 0.11% |
| ulimit.com inc. | 1,849 | 0.11% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.1 for windows | 1,744 | 0.10% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 für windows | 1,709 | 0.10% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.0.0 for windows | 1,587 | 0.09% |
| namo webeditor v3.0 | 1,486 | 0.09% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 1,456 | 0.09% |
| hotmetal pro 5.0 | 1,394 | 0.08% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0.1 for windows | 1,390 | 0.08% |
| editplus | 1,383 | 0.08% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows | 1,298 | 0.08% |
| vstore, inc. | 1,274 | 0.08% |
| namo webeditor v4.0 | 1,218 | 0.07% |
| namo webeditor v5.0 | 1,149 | 0.07% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.0 for windows | 1,142 | 0.07% |
| microsoft publisher 98 | 1,053 | 0.06% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 for windows | 1,004 | 0.06% |
| domain direct forwarding | 995 | 0.06% |
| netobjects fusion mx for windows | 991 | 0.06% |
| notepad | 986 | 0.06% |
| ulli meybohms html editor | 948 | 0.06% |
| | 936 | 0.06% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 934 | 0.06% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.2 for windows | 878 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 831 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 830 | 0.05% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.3 for windows | 811 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 788 | 0.05% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 für windows | 784 | 0.05% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 783 | 0.05% |
| cutehtml | 765 | 0.05% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0 win | 748 | 0.04% |
| arachnophilia 4.0 | 740 | 0.04% |
| golive cyberstudio | 739 | 0.04% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.2.1 for windows | 728 | 0.04% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j mac | 696 | 0.04% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.2 for windows | 657 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 653 | 0.04% |
| netnames forwarding | 637 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 609 | 0.04% |
| microvision development / webexpress | 609 | 0.04% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 605 | 0.04% |
| php-nuke 6.0 - copyright 2002 by http://phpnuke.org | 575 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.79 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 571 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.79 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 566 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 557 | 0.03% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder v6.0.0 for windows | 538 | 0.03% |
| microsoft publisher 97 | 512 | 0.03% |
| namo webeditor v5.0(trial) | 503 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 502 | 0.03% |
| netobjects fusion 7 for windows | 491 | 0.03% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 7.0.0.0 for windows | 488 | 0.03% |
| ibm websphere homepage builder version 6.0.4.0 for windows | 470 | 0.03% |
| http://www.planck.be | 453 | 0.03% |
| webdiversion (tm) version 1.7 by uk2.net (c) copyright 1999,2000 - patent pending - html theft will be prosecuted | 445 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.78 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 445 | 0.03% |
| freeformeditor 1.0 | 443 | 0.03% |
| microsoft word 9 | 425 | 0.03% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 424 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder 2001 v5.0.4 for windows | 416 | 0.02% |
| arachnophilia 3.9 | 414 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 412 | 0.02% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 5 | 405 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for windows | 392 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.01 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 370 | 0.02% |
| stone's webwriter 3.5 | 369 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 für windows | 347 | 0.02% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 v4.0.2 for windows | 342 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 340 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion mx für windows | 339 | 0.02% |
| namo webeditor v2.00 | 327 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 324 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 324 | 0.02% |
| direct handler v 4.15 ©opyright 03.02.2003 by www.service-fuchs.com | 318 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 4.5 | 318 | 0.02% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 4 | 317 | 0.02% |
| postnuke 0.7.1 - http://postnuke.com | 317 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 312 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.03 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 306 | 0.02% |
| microsoft visual studio 7.0 | 306 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 299 | 0.02% |
| microsoft visual studio.net 7.0 | 298 | 0.02% |
| dreamweaver | 296 | 0.02% |
| php-nuke 5.5 - http://phpnuke.org | 295 | 0.02% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0.1 for windows | 295 | 0.02% |
| sausage software hotdog professional 6 | 290 | 0.02% |
| web studio, version 2.0 for windows | 277 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.1.1 | 276 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 273 | 0.02% |
| webexpert | 270 | 0.02% |
| microsoft frontpage 1.1 | 268 | 0.02% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0j win | 265 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.76 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 264 | 0.02% |
| bbedit 5.0 | 258 | 0.02% |
| mozilla/4.78 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 254 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 253 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 250 | 0.01% |
| visual page 1.1a for windows | 249 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0 for macintosh | 248 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 246 | 0.01% |
| postnuke 0.7.2.3-phoenix - http://postnuke.com | 245 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.74 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 243 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 242 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac 1.1.1 | 239 | 0.01% |
| created using yahoo! pagebuilder 2.61.76 | 224 | 0.01% |
| corel wordperfect 8 | 217 | 0.01% |
| visual page 1.0 for windows | 214 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 209 | 0.01% |
| internet designer pro 250 | 209 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.6 - copyright 2002 by http://phpnuke.org | 208 | 0.01% |
| ibm netobjects toppage v4.0.3 for windows | 207 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 202 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.2 (win32) | 200 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 199 | 0.01% |
| webexpert 2000 | 197 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 3 | 196 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.04gold (win95; i) [netscape] | 194 | 0.01% |
| netobjects authoring server 2000 | 193 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 7 für windows | 191 | 0.01% |
| vi | 189 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 6.0 web photo gallery | 188 | 0.01% |
| photoimpact | 187 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2 for windows | 187 | 0.01% |
| web! 2.0 pro edition | 186 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 186 | 0.01% |
| microsoft developer studio | 186 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (windows nt 5.0; u) [netscape] | 182 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 5.0 für windows | 180 | 0.01% |
| ibm homepage builder 2000 for windows | 180 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd nscpcd47 (win98; i) [netscape] | 177 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.04 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 177 | 0.01% |
| ibm websphere studio homepage builder version 6.5.2.0 for windows | 177 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 174 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 173 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 173 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 172 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 168 | 0.01% |
| microsoft visual interdev 1.0 | 167 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 4 freeware | 167 | 0.01% |
| elemental software drumbeat 2000 3.04.411 | 163 | 0.01% |
| arachnophilia 3.4 | 163 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 161 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.1.2 | 161 | 0.01% |
| html editor | 158 | 0.01% |
| www.cm4all.com | 157 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.01gold (winnt; i) [netscape] | 153 | 0.01% |
| none | 151 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.73 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 150 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.6 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 148 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.05 [en] (x11; i; linux 2.3.99-pre3 i686) [netscape] | 148 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 2.0j mac | 147 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [de] (win98; i) [netscape] | 143 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 für windows | 142 | 0.01% |
| aceexpert | 141 | 0.01% |
| web2date basic | 140 | 0.01% |
| siteup internet promotions meta-tag builder | 134 | 0.01% |
| freeway 3.1 | 129 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 126 | 0.01% |
| linux quanta 3.0 | 126 | 0.01% |
| editplus 1.2 | 125 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.61 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 123 | 0.01% |
| htmlpad | 123 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.5.2 | 123 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 122 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.0 | 121 | 0.01% |
| web studio, version 1.0 for windows | 120 | 0.01% |
| htmled32 version 2.0d | 120 | 0.01% |
| textpad 4.0 | 119 | 0.01% |
| macromedia dreamweaver | 118 | 0.01% |
| stone's webwriter 2 | 117 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 117 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win95; u) [netscape] | 114 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 114 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 3.0.1 for windows | 111 | 0.01% |
| adobe photoshop(r) 7.0 web photo gallery | 111 | 0.01% |
| synkron.web 3 | 110 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 4.0 trial for windows | 110 | 0.01% |
| visual page 2.0 for windows - trial version | 109 | 0.01% |
| adobe pagemill 3.0 macintosh | 109 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.5 [en] (win98; u) [netscape] | 108 | 0.01% |
| postnuke 0.7.2 - http://postnuke.com | 106 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.72 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 106 | 0.01% |
| htmled pro32 version 2.0b | 106 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en]c-gatewaynet (win98; i) [netscape] | 103 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.0 [en] (win95; i) [netscape] | 103 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 4.0 | 103 | 0.01% |
| acehtml 5 pro | 103 | 0.01% |
| symantec visual page mac evaluation version 1.1.1 | 102 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; i; ppc) [netscape] | 99 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [en] (winnt; u) [netscape] | 99 | 0.01% |
| staroffice/5.2 (linux) | 95 | 0.01% |
| jasc paint shop pro 7 | 95 | 0.01% |
| typo 3.3 cms | 94 | 0.01% |
| netobjects fusion 2.0.2i for windows | 94 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.06 [en] (win98; i) [netscape] | 94 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.77c-cck-mcd {c-udp; ebm-apple} (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 93 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/3.0gold (win95; u) [netscape] | 93 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.0 - http://phpnuke.org | 92 | 0.01% |
| notepad.exe | 92 | 0.01% |
| simplynet forwarding | 91 | 0.01% |
| realproducer g2 | 91 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.75 [ja] (win98; u) [netscape] | 91 | 0.01% |
| ikonboard 3.1.1 | 90 | 0.01% |
| created using yahoo! pagebuilder 2.61.75 | 90 | 0.01% |
| homesite 4.0 | 89 | 0.01% |
| php-nuke 5.2 - http://phpnuke.org | 87 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.76 (macintosh; u; ppc) [netscape] | 87 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.7 [en]c-cck-mcd ebm-compaq (win95; u) [netscape] | 87 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.51 [en] (winnt; i) [netscape] | 87 | 0.01% |
| mozilla/4.02 [en]c-dial (win95; u) [netscape] | 87 | 0.01% |
| internet assistant for microsoft word 2.04z | 87 | 0.01% |
| bbedit 6.0.2 | 87 | 0.01% |
| virtual subdomains v3.2 - http://www.ledgerlabs.cc | 86 | 0.01% |
| lotus word pro | 85 | 0.01% |
| handmade | 85 | 0.01% |
| dreamweaver 3.0 | 85 | 0.01% |
