[Survey results] Insights from the 2023 Survey reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ExoWire · 2023-10-14 15:16 Tl;dr: 🔗[Link to the result page](https://selfhosted- survey-2023.deployn.de/) \--- Just over a week ago, I [launched a poll](https://www.reddit.com/r/sel fhosted/comments/16z34hu/most_used_selfhosted_services_in_2023_survey/ ) in this subreddit and now it’s time to unveil the findings. ​ \## The Backstory In 2022, I was curious to learn which apps our community members were self-hosting and which ones they’d just begun to host that year. This kind of information often uncovers intriguing apps or alternative options. So, I [posed the question](https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhoste d/comments/zwcns3/most_used_selfhosted_services_in_2022/) and received plenty of responses. ​ I wanted to identify the most frequently mentioned services. To accomplish this, I painstakingly sifted through and evaluated each comment. Ultimately, I compiled them into a [single page](https://selfhosted-services-2022.deployn.de/) for easier viewing. ​ This year, I had a similar curiosity but lacked the enthusiasm to trudge through comments again. Instead, I designed a survey with the same questions as before, plus a field for the app’s URL (since there were a few mix-ups last year). As I was working on it, I realized that it would be valuable to gather additional data since people were participating anyway. Eventually, this led to a 31-question survey for 2023, which I released on October 3rd. ​ Interestingly, I found that more visitors are willing to complete a survey than leave a comment. Within the first 48 hours, I received over 1.8k responses. ​ \## The results 🔗[Link to the result page](https://selfhosted- survey-2023.deployn.de/) \### Responses * After the first three days, the number of responses significantly declined. * The number of responses on Day 1 exceeded those from Days 3 - 11 combined. * Similarly, Day 3 had more responses than Days 4 - 11 combined. ​ \### Key Discoveries * The award for the [most popular self-hosted service](https://selfhosted-survey-2023.deployn.de/apps) in 2023 goes to Plex, an unexpected climb as it didn’t even make the top four last year. Jellyfin took second place, with Home Assistant in third. * Immich won the “Rookie of the Year” award as the app that most users [began hosting this year](https://selfhosted- survey-2023.deployn.de/new-apps), followed by Paperless in second place and Jellyfin in third. * Immich is also the service most users intend to [self-host next](https://selfhosted-survey-2023.deployn.de/planned). * The most [sought-after unmet replacement](https://selfhosted- survey-2023.deployn.de/unfound) is Notion, with several Google apps also frequently mentioned. ​ \### Additional Insights * Ages spanned a broad spectrum, with 39.7% of respondents being between 20-29 years old, making it the most represented age group. On average, however, respondents were 39.4 years old. * Most respondents are satisfied with their self-hosting experience. Nobody rated it as a one-star experience. * Single Board Computers, particularly the Raspberry Pi 4, are popular for self-hosting. When it comes to pre-built NAS devices, Synology is a common choice. * Windows is the preferred regular operating system among respondents. * When it comes to self-hosting, Debian or Ubuntu take the lead. * A whopping 94% use containers, with Docker Compose being the popular choice. * Many respondents utilize Portainer. * A majority of participants (88%) don’t host their own mail server. * Interestingly, 59% of respondents haven’t posted anything on r/selfhosted, yet 94% are subscribed to this subreddit. * Users of CentOS, NixOS or Arch rated their self-hosting expertise higher than those who use Android, LinuxMint or Ubuntu. ​ A huge thank you to everyone who participated and offered their insights. If anything seems unclear on the results page, please let me know. ​ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TimWardle · 2023-10-14 15:44 Do people use Debian because it is better than Ubuntu, or Pi users being dominant and use maybe Raspbian which is based on Debian? Another thing is do Pi users utilize Proxmox? Numbers are quite similar. I did some digging and it was not recommended on Pi4. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ExoWire · 2023-10-14 15:52 Oh, that is a great question. I'm going too look later, if there is a difference in Pi users and not Pi users. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- azukaar · 2023-10-14 16:01 Wow thanks you so much for this, this is so valuable ---------------------------------------------------------------------- hdddanbrown · 2023-10-14 20:19 Thank you for putting in so much effort! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- to0w1r3d · 2023-10-15 08:43 Great insight, makes me feel good to hang with them cool kids