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State of React 2023

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!

Application Patterns

Which of the following architecture and rendering patterns have you used in the last year?

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

0%
17%
34%
52%
69%
86%
1

Single Page Application (SPA)

7,940
2

Server-Side Rendering (SSR)

5,783
3

Static Site Generation (SSG)

4,563
4

Incremental Static Generation

2,643
5

Multi-Page Application (MPA)

2,441
6

Partial Hydration

2,021
7

Progressive Enhancement

1,363
8

Edge Rendering

1,354
9

Islands Architecture

1,223
10

Streaming SSR

1,220
0%
17%
34%
52%
69%
86%
% of question respondents
9,211
71%

Usage Type

0%
18%
37%
55%
74%
92%
1

Professionally

8,742
2

As a student

301
3

As a hobby

461
4

Other Answers

34
0%
18%
37%
55%
74%
92%
% of question respondents
9,497
73%

Industry Sector

0%
6%
13%
19%
26%
32%
1

Programació i eines tècniques

2,826
2

Consultoria i serveis

1,675
3

Comerç electrònic i venda al detall

1,587
4

Finances

1,446
5

Educació

960
6

Eines de màrqueting, vendes i anàlisi

879
7

Entreteniment

811
8

Salut

719
9

Notícies, mitjans de comunicació i blogs

494
10

Student

464
0%
6%
13%
19%
26%
32%
% of question respondents
8,772
67%
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

My 2023 Pick: Sonner

Sonner is the best toast component for React. Beautiful by default, highly configurable, and with a simple API to use in any project. Wonderful work by Emil.
We asked members of the React community to share their “pick of the year”

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React Usage

What do you use React for?
0%
19%
39%
58%
77%
97%
1

Web apps

9,201
2

Static sites

4,373
3

Design systems

3,367
4

Mobile apps

3,122
5

Desktop apps

2,378
6

Browser Extensions

7

Other Answers

52
0%
19%
39%
58%
77%
97%
% of question respondents
9,527
73%

React Version

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

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

0%
14%
28%
42%
55%
69%
1

16.x

752
2

17.x

1,400
3

18.x

6,570
4

Canary

183
5

Not sure

582
6

Other Answers

38
0%
14%
28%
42%
55%
69%
% of question respondents
9,487
73%

New Features

Which of these recent and upcoming new features are you most excited about?
0%
8%
16%
24%
32%
40%
1

3,514
2

2,711
3

2,663
4

2,284
5

2,199
6

2,177
7

1,901
8

1,818
9

762
10

521
11

🚫 None

712
12

Other Answers

43
0%
8%
16%
24%
32%
40%
% of question respondents
8,862
68%

Other Pain Points

Any other React pain points that you would like to mention?
Freeform
0%
22%
44%
66%
88%
110%
1

Excessive complexity

2

3

Performance

4

Next.js issues

5

State management

6

Lack of documentation

7

Ecosystem issues

8

Vercel issues

9

Lack of signals

10

SSR

0%
22%
44%
66%
88%
110%
% of question respondents
355
3%

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