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State of React 2024

Usage

No matter what version you use, application pattern you adopt, or industry sector you belong to, there's no wrong way to use React!

React Usage

It's interesting to see that despite React traditionally being associated with complex client-side apps, Static sites still came in second, showing that JSX can also work great as a simple templating language.

What do you use React for?
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1

Web apps

5,954
2

Static sites

2,981
3

Design systems

2,917
4

Hybrid sites

2,632
5

Mobile apps

2,162
6

Desktop apps

1,304
7

Other Answers

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% of question respondents
6,139
78%

React Version

Note that the survey was conducted before the stable release of React 19.

Which version of React do you use the most on a daily basis?
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1

16.x

273
2

17.x

582
3

18.x

4,763
4

Canary

187
5

Not sure

298
6

19.x

7

Other Answers

20
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% of question respondents
6,103
78%

Usage Type

The overwhelming majority of respondents use React professionally.

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Professionally

5,655
2

As a student

191
3

As a hobby

284
4

Other Answers

14
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100%
% of question respondents
6,126
78%

Industry Sector

Programming & Technical Tools may be slightly over-represented as an industry sector, as it often attracts the type of developer most likely to fill out a survey such as this one.

Which industry sector(s) do you work in?
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1

Programming & Technical Tools

1,775
2

Consulting & Services

1,186
3

Ecommerce & Retail

1,109
4

Finance

894
5

Education

549
6

Marketing/Sales/Analytics Tools

511
7

Entertainment

475
8

Healthcare

461
9

News, Media, & Blogging

286
10

Government

270
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% of question respondents
5,660
72%

Application Patterns

Despite the recent focus on static site generation, server-side rendering, and server components, it's interesting to note that the vast majority of React developers still work on Single Page Applications.

Which of the following architecture and rendering patterns have you used in the last year?
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Single Page Application (SPA)

5,053
2

Server-Side Rendering (SSR)

3,698
3

Static Site Generation (SSG)

2,824
4

Multi-Page Application (MPA)

1,570
5

Incremental Static Generation

1,568
6

Partial Hydration

1,529
7

Streaming SSR

964
8

Islands Architecture

920
9

Progressive Enhancement

910
10

Edge Rendering

872
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% of question respondents
5,916
75%

New Features

With memo being a longstanding pain point, it makes sense that respondents would be most excited about the React Compiler.

Which of these recent and upcoming new features are you most excited about?
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1

3,292
2

1,687
3

1,642
4

1,526
5

1,422
6

1,268
7

1,061
8

1,041
9

883
10

328
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% of question respondents
5,837
74%

Other Pain Points

Any other React pain points that you would like to mention?
(freeform question)
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Excessive complexity

2

Performance

3

4

Next.js issues

5

State management (useState, Redux, Context, etc.)

6

Other Answers

Answers matching “Other Answers” 296
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% of question respondents
229
3%

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