Here is an article on Statista claiming it is in fact the most used by quite some margin: https://www.statista.com/statistics/809750/worldwide-popularity-ranki

Here is an article on Statista claiming it is in fact the most used by quite some margin: https://www.statista.com/statistics/809750/worldwide-popularity-ranking-database-management-systems/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/809750/worldwide-popular... I have no idea if that is even close to correct, but I am sure it is still one of the most used RDBMS out there, out of pure inertia if nothing else. Plus, from what I've heard from a friend who worked with a few commercial. DBs, it's actually pretty good software, it's dealing with Oracle licensing and outrageous audit practices that is killing it.