Python vs Scala
Head-to-head usage across the sites we track.
Top sites by authority
Python · Scala · how many of each technology's sites sit in the web's highest authority tiers
Open Page Rank 9+
63
6
Open Page Rank 8+
810
108
Open Page Rank 7+
2,228
336
Open Page Rank 6+
3,569
542
Open Page Rank 5+
5,214
758
Open Page Rank scores 0 to 10 from the open web link graph; 9+ covers only a few hundred domains worldwide.
By country
Python · Scala · share of sites in each country using one or the other
United States
24,352
3,429
India
22,541
1,790
Indonesia
17,283
897
Germany
14,576
1,309
France
12,205
1,251
Brazil
11,966
999
United Kingdom
10,983
1,625
Spain
11,442
1,112
Audience countries from the Chrome UX Report, top markets of either technology.
Real user performance
| Metric | Python | Scala |
|---|---|---|
| LCP | 2.1 s | 1.9 s |
| INP | 75 ms | 75 ms |
| CLS | 0 | 0 |
| TTFB | 1000 ms | 700 ms |
Median site's p75 values from the Chrome UX Report, Jun 2026. Lower is better; green meets Google's "good" threshold. This describes the sites that use each technology, not the technology's own overhead.