Installmap

Developer Tools adoption 2026

Last updated 2026-09-03

Key findings

  1. Google reCAPTCHA runs on 5.2% of the 8,130 company websites crawled, the most of any Developer Tools tool.
  2. Google reCAPTCHA share runs from 2.6% in Commerce and Shopping to 7.9% in Energy.
  3. Google reCAPTCHA is most common at 51-200 employees, on 5.4% of sites in that band.
  4. Google reCAPTCHA share is highest in France, at 8.7% of crawled sites there.
  5. In Artificial Intelligence (AI), Google reCAPTCHA is the most used Developer Tools tool, on 4.5% of crawled sites.
  6. In Financial Services, Google reCAPTCHA is the most used Developer Tools tool, on 5.2% of crawled sites.
  7. In Biotechnology, Google reCAPTCHA is the most used Developer Tools tool, on 4.2% of crawled sites.
  8. Google reCAPTCHA, New Relic Browser, Cloudflare Turnstile hold 89% of all Developer Tools installs counted.

Google reCAPTCHA runs on 5.2% of the 8,130 company websites crawled, the most of any Developer Tools tool.

Developer Tools tools, share of crawled company websitesGoogle reCAPTCHA5.2%New Relic Browser0.3%Cloudflare Turnstile0.3%Atlassian Statuspage0.2%hCaptcha0.2%Sentry0.1%Datadog RUM0.1%GitBook0.1%LogRocket0.0%Rollbar0.0%
Developer Tools tools, share of crawled company websites

Google reCAPTCHA was found on 425 sites. New Relic Browser came second with 28. Shares are of the whole sample, and a site can run more than one tool, so the bars do not add up to 100.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA leads Developer Tools at 5.2%.

Google reCAPTCHA share runs from 2.6% in Commerce and Shopping to 7.9% in Energy.

Google reCAPTCHA share by industryArtificial Intelligence (…4.5%Financial Services5.2%Biotechnology4.2%Information Technology4.4%Health Care4.6%Apps3.9%Data and Analytics6.7%Commerce and Shopping2.6%Administrative Services5.8%Energy7.9%
Google reCAPTCHA share by industry

Energy: 23 of 292 crawled sites run Google reCAPTCHA. Commerce and Shopping: 9 of 341. Only industries with at least 150 crawled sites are compared here; the tool page lists the rest.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA is 3.0 times as common in Energy as in Commerce and Shopping.

Google reCAPTCHA is most common at 51-200 employees, on 5.4% of sites in that band.

Google reCAPTCHA share by employee band11-505.2%51-2005.4%
Google reCAPTCHA share by employee band

101 of the 1,881 crawled sites with 51-200 employees run Google reCAPTCHA. At 11-50 employees the share is 5.2%.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA skews to 51-200 employee companies.

Google reCAPTCHA share is highest in France, at 8.7% of crawled sites there.

Google reCAPTCHA share by countryUnited States4.7%United Kingdom4.9%Canada7.9%France8.7%Germany5.3%Australia7.3%Netherlands5.6%Sweden8.8%Denmark6.8%Finland3.1%
Google reCAPTCHA share by country

36 of the 416 crawled France sites run Google reCAPTCHA, against 5.2% across all countries. Countries with fewer than 150 crawled sites are not compared.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA is strongest in France.

In Artificial Intelligence (AI), Google reCAPTCHA is the most used Developer Tools tool, on 4.5% of crawled sites.

Developer Tools tools in Artificial Intelligence (AI)Google reCAPTCHA4.5%New Relic Browser0.3%Atlassian Statuspage0.3%Cloudflare Turnstile0.2%Sentry0.2%hCaptcha0.1%Datadog RUM0.1%GitBook0.1%LogRocket0.1%Rollbar0.0%
Developer Tools tools in Artificial Intelligence (AI)

1,606 crawled sites are labelled Artificial Intelligence (AI), and 73 of them run Google reCAPTCHA. New Relic Browser follows at 0.3%.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA leads Developer Tools in Artificial Intelligence (AI).

In Financial Services, Google reCAPTCHA is the most used Developer Tools tool, on 5.2% of crawled sites.

Developer Tools tools in Financial ServicesGoogle reCAPTCHA5.2%Cloudflare Turnstile0.6%hCaptcha0.4%New Relic Browser0.2%Atlassian Statuspage0.2%Datadog RUM0.2%Sentry0.0%GitBook0.0%LogRocket0.0%Rollbar0.0%
Developer Tools tools in Financial Services

536 crawled sites are labelled Financial Services, and 28 of them run Google reCAPTCHA. Cloudflare Turnstile follows at 0.6%.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA leads Developer Tools in Financial Services.

In Biotechnology, Google reCAPTCHA is the most used Developer Tools tool, on 4.2% of crawled sites.

Developer Tools tools in BiotechnologyGoogle reCAPTCHA4.2%Atlassian Statuspage0.2%hCaptcha0.2%New Relic Browser0.0%Cloudflare Turnstile0.0%Sentry0.0%Datadog RUM0.0%GitBook0.0%LogRocket0.0%Rollbar0.0%
Developer Tools tools in Biotechnology

521 crawled sites are labelled Biotechnology, and 22 of them run Google reCAPTCHA. Atlassian Statuspage follows at 0.2%.

Key takeaway: Google reCAPTCHA leads Developer Tools in Biotechnology.

Google reCAPTCHA, New Relic Browser, Cloudflare Turnstile hold 89% of all Developer Tools installs counted.

Share of Developer Tools installs by toolGoogle reCAPTCHA79.3%New Relic Browser5.2%Cloudflare Turnstile4.9%Atlassian Statuspage2.8%hCaptcha2.8%Sentry1.9%Datadog RUM1.7%GitBook0.9%
Share of Developer Tools installs by tool

536 installs were counted across 14 Developer Tools tools. This chart divides by that total, so the bars add up to 100.

Key takeaway: Three tools hold 89% of Developer Tools.

Attrition funnel

StepCount
Domains selected for the sample
Company domains drawn from the source universe.
30,000
Homepage fetched
A response was returned for the request.
8,948
Fetch succeeded
A 200 response with a readable HTML body.
8,130
Firmographics joined
Industry, country and employee band all present. The base every share on this site is divided by.
8,130

Named failures

ReasonCountShare of attempted
HTTP 502 249 2.8%
HTTP 403 243 2.7%
Connection timeout 205 2.3%
SSL error 55 0.6%
HTTP 429 (rate limited) 20 0.2%
HTTP 503 11 0.1%
HTTP 500 9 0.1%
Connect 5 0.1%
Proxy error 4 0.0%
HTTP 401 4 0.0%
HTTP 526 3 0.0%
HTTP 530 2 0.0%
HTTP 521 2 0.0%
HTTP 525 2 0.0%
Too many redirects 2 0.0%
HTTP 523 1 0.0%
Http520 1 0.0%

Cite this

Google reCAPTCHA runs on 5.2% of the 8,130 company websites crawled, the most of any Developer Tools tool. , https://installmap.com/stats/developer-tools, Installmap, September 2026.

Last updated 2026-09-03