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languages for websites</h1><p>This diagram shows the percentages of websites using various markup languages. See <a href="https://w3techs.com/technologies">technologies overview</a> for explanations on the methodologies used in the surveys. Our reports are updated daily.<p>How to read the diagram:<br>HTML is used by 96.5% of all the websites whose markup language we know.<br clear=all></p><table class=bars><tr><th><a href="https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/ml-html_any">HTML</a><td><table class=bar><tr><td><div class="bar bar0 b0" style="width:291px"></div><td>96.5%</table><tr><th><a href="https://w3techs.com/technologies/details/ml-xhtml_any">XHTML</a><td><table class=bar><tr><td><div class="bar bar0 b0" style="width:15px"></div><td>4.5%</table><tr><th class=cap1><td class=cap1>W3Techs.com, 12 December 2024<tr><td class=cap2 colspan=2>Percentages of websites using various markup languages<br>Note: a website may use more than one markup language</table><br><h3>Is there a technology missing?</h3><p>Registered users can <a href="https://w3techs.com/forum/proposal/markup_language" rel=nofollow>make a proposal</a> to add a technology.</p><h3>Do you want to stay informed about this survey?</h3><p>Use our monthly technology survey <a class=no_und href="https://w3techs.com/techfeed/survey/markup_language"><img style="vertical-align:middle" src="https://w3techs.com/rss.gif" alt="RSS Feed" width=36 height=14> RSS Feed</a>.<br>Registered users can also <a href="https://w3techs.com/users/subscriptions/markup_language">subscribe</a> to a monthly technology survey email.</p><h3>Share this page</h3><ul class="share-buttons"><script>document.write("<"+"li><"+"a href='mailto:?subject="+document.title+"&body="+document.title+" - https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/markup_language' title='Send email'><"+"img loading=lazy alt='Send email' src='https://w3techs.com/pictures/Email.svg' width=40 height=40><"+"/a>")</script><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fw3techs.com%2Ftechnologies%2Foverview%2Fmarkup_language&title=" title="Share on LinkedIn" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" onclick="window.open('https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fw3techs.com%2Ftechnologies%2Foverview%2Fmarkup_language&title=' + encodeURIComponent(document.title) + '', '_blank', 'width=600,height=400'); return false;"><img loading=lazy alt="Share on LinkedIn" src="https://w3techs.com/pictures/LinkedIn.svg" width=40 height=40></a><li><a href="https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text= - https%3A%2F%2Fw3techs.com%2Ftechnologies%2Foverview%2Fmarkup_language&via=W3Techs" title="Post on Bluesky" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" onclick="window.open('https://bsky.app/intent/compose?text=' + encodeURIComponent(document.title) + '%20-%20https%3A%2F%2Fw3techs.com%2Ftechnologies%2Foverview%2Fmarkup_language&via=W3Techs', '_blank', 'width=600,height=400'); return false;"><img loading=lazy alt="Post on Bluesky" src="https://w3techs.com/pictures/Bluesky.png" width=30 height=30 style="padding-bottom:7px;"></a></ul><td class=tech_add><table class=t_brief><tr><th>Technology Brief<tr><td><b>Markup Languages</b><tr><td>A markup language is a computer language used to describe web pages.</table><br><a href="https://website.informer.com/w3techs.com" rel=nofollow><img src="https://w3techs.com/pictures/wsi_2.png" alt="website informer w3techs" width=250 height=250></a><br><br><table class=t_brief><tr><th>No related forum entry yet<tr><td><a class=no_und href="https://w3techs.com/forum/category/markup_language">markup languages forum</a></table><br><br><script>var _ama_pid=_ama_pid||Math.floor(Math.random()*2147483647);document.write('\x3Cscript src="https://b.w3techs.com/ajs/2/7/'+_ama_pid+'/'+encodeURIComponent(window.location)+'">\x3C/script>');</script><a class=no_und href="https://b.w3techs.com/">advertise here</a><br><br></table></div> <div id=ft> <a href="https://w3techs.com/about" class=no_und rel=nofollow>About Us</a> <a href="https://w3techs.com/disclaimer" class=no_und rel=nofollow>Disclaimer</a> <a href="https://w3techs.com/terms_of_use" class=no_und rel=nofollow>Terms of Use</a> <a href="https://w3techs.com/privacy_policy" class=no_und rel=nofollow>Privacy Policy</a> <a href="https://b.w3techs.com/" class=no_und>Advertising</a> <a href="https://w3techs.com/feedback" class=no_und rel=nofollow>Contact</a> </div> <div id=social_ft> W3Techs on   <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/w3techs"><img loading=lazy src="https://w3techs.com/pictures/LinkedIn.svg" alt="LinkedIn"> LinkedIn</a> <a rel="me" href="https://techhub.social/@w3techs"><img loading=lazy src="https://w3techs.com/pictures/Mastodon.svg" alt="Mastodon"> Mastodon</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/w3techs.com"><img loading=lazy src="https://w3techs.com/pictures/Bluesky.png" alt="Bluesky"> Bluesky</a> </div> <div id=cp>Copyright © 2009-2024 Q-Success<br><br> </div></div>