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Date Published
Author
Mark Herring
Word count
717
Language
English
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None

Summary

DB-Engines' latest industry results reveal that InfluxData's Time Series Database management system, InfluxDB, has taken a leading position in the rapidly growing Time Series Database category, with its popularity increasing by 49% over the past 12 months and 144% over the past two years. According to DB-Engines' October results, InfluxDB is nearly three times more popular than the nearest competitor, scoring the biggest increases in user popularity over the past month and year. The growth in this database segment is attributed to the increasing requirement for analyzing time-stamped data efficiently, which is best served by a Time Series database. InfluxData's unique features enable customers to quickly build monitoring, IoT applications, and real-time analytics applications, supporting their DevOps initiatives and deriving better business insights through data-driven real-time actions. More than 420 customers have selected InfluxData as their modern data platform for metrics and events.