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SQL ConstantCare Population Report Winter 2026

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Winter 2026

Last Updated January 13, 2026
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
9 Comments
It’s time for our quarterly update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server. In short, people are replacing SQL Server 2016 and 2017 with 2022! SQL Server 2025: 0% (but it’s 10 servers) SQL Server 2022: 29%, up from 25% last quarter SQL Server…
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SQL Server Adoption Rates

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Fall 2025

Last Updated October 18, 2025
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
5 Comments
In this quarter’s update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server, the data is very similar to last quarter: SQL Server 2025: exactly 1 server being monitored, heh. God bless y’all for giving it a shot this early. SQL Server 2022: 25%, up from 24%…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2025

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2025

Last Updated July 16, 2025
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
6 Comments
In this quarter’s update of our SQL ConstantCare® population report, showing how quickly (or slowly) folks adopt new versions of SQL Server, the data is very similar to last quarter. SQL Server 2019 still rules the market: SQL Server 2022: 24%, up from 21% last quarter SQL Server 2019: 45%, was 44% SQL Server 2017: 11%,…
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SQL Server Adoption Rates over time

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Winter 2025

Last Updated February 8, 2025
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
12 Comments
Every quarter, we publish adoption rate data showing how quickly people are adopting new versions of SQL Server. Today it’s time for the winter 2025 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. SQL Server 2022 is finally seeing some good adoption with about 21% of the market. It’s gradually taking market share from all other…
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SQL Server adoption rates

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Fall 2024

Last Updated November 19, 2024
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
3 Comments
Every quarter, we publish adoption rate data showing how quickly people are adopting new versions of SQL Server. Today it’s time for the fall 2024 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. SQL Server 2019 is still the king of the hill with almost 3X more market share than any other version! Here’s how adoption…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2024 (And Upcoming Gamification Badges)

Last Updated August 16, 2024
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
13 Comments
The short story: SQL Server 2022 finally saw some growth this quarter! Two years after the release, 1 in 10 SQL Servers is finally running the latest version. The long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Spring 2024

Last Updated May 8, 2024
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
12 Comments
The short story: SQL Server 2019 appears poised to swallow the SQL Server market altogether, hahaha. The long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the winter 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Fall 2023

Last Updated October 18, 2023
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
13 Comments
The short story for this quarter: SQL Server 2019 is on fire, dominating the market. For the long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the summer 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report.…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2023

Last Updated July 7, 2023
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
15 Comments
The short story for this quarter: SQL Server 2022 adoption rates have stalled, even backtracked, and it doesn’t appear to be due to the cloud, either. For the long story: ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Spring 2023

Last Updated July 7, 2023
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
2 Comments
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates? Let’s find out in the spring 2023 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. Out of 3,002 monitored servers, here’s the version adoption rate: The big 3 versions are all within 1% of…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Winter 2022

Last Updated December 25, 2022
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
19 Comments
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out in the winter 2022 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. Out of 3,679 monitored servers, here’s the version adoption rate: The big ones:…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2022

Last Updated August 29, 2022
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
11 Comments
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out in the summer 2022 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. Out of the 3,151 servers sending in data recently, the most popular version…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2021

Last Updated July 12, 2021
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
16 Comments
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out in the summer 2021 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. Out of the 3,808 servers sending in data recently, the most popular version…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Fall 2020

Last Updated December 7, 2020
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
17 Comments
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out in the summer 2020 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. Out of the 3,650 servers sending in data recently, the most popular version…
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SQL Server Version Adoption Rate

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Summer 2020

Last Updated August 31, 2020
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
24 Comments
Ever wonder how fast people are adopting new versions of SQL Server, or what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out in the summer 2020 version of our SQL ConstantCare® population report. The most popular version of SQL Server is 2016. The combination of 2014,…
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SQL ConstantCare

SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Spring 2020

Last Updated June 1, 2020
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report, Videos
6 Comments
Ever wonder what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out in the spring 2020 version of our population report. Our SQL ConstantCare® service lets users send data in about their SQL Servers and get health & performance advice via email. Users can opt in to…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Winter 2020

Last Updated May 30, 2020
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
15 Comments
Ever wonder what’s “normal” out there for SQL Server adoption rates, hardware sizes, or numbers of databases? Let’s find out. Our SQL ConstantCare® service lets users send data in about their SQL Servers and get health & performance advice via email. Users can opt in to share their anonymized data to get better recommendations overall.…
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SQL ConstantCare® Population Report: Fall 2019

Last Updated May 7, 2020
Brent Ozar
SQL Server Population Report
44 Comments
Our SQL ConstantCare® service lets users send data in about their SQL Servers and get health & performance advice via email. Users can opt in to share their anonymized data to get better recommendations overall. With 3,568 database servers sharing data as of November 28, there’s a lot of useful information in here for the…
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