Confirmed at Scale
Our earlier story 'Government Runs Drupal More Than WordPress' was based on a curated 49-site sample. The Common Crawl data now confirms it at 126 detections across .gov domains globally. Drupal's government dominance isn't an artifact of our curation — it's the pattern.
The Rails Surprise Deepens
Rails at 12% of .gov is one of the most unexpected numbers in our entire dataset. Government agencies aren't known for choosing Ruby on Rails. But .gov sites running Rails likely include government digital service teams (like the UK's GDS) that built custom platforms. Rails is the government tech innovator's framework — the quiet alternative to the Drupal/WordPress default.
Next.js Is Emerging
Next.js at 7% of .gov is small but significant — this is greenfield government. Singapore's GovTech team, select US digital services, modernizing agencies. The question for the next scan: does this 7% grow? If government starts choosing Next.js for new sites while legacy Drupal persists, we'll watch the split widen.
