The Annual Rust Survey for 2023 has a number of very interesting charts. Probably the most interesting for me was the one about the technology domains in which Rust is used.
| domain | percentage |
|---|---|
| Server-side or "backend" applications | 52.7% |
| Cloud computing applications | 27.2% |
| Distributed system | 27.0% |
| Cloud computing infrastructure or utilities | 21.8% |
| Web Assembly | 20.1% |
| Computer networking | 18.1% |
| Embedded devices (with Operating system) | 17.5% |
| Data Science | 14.8% |
| Computer security | 14.1% |
| Embedded devices (bare metal) | 12.6% |
| Desktop computer application frontend | 12.0% |
| Scientific and/or numeric computing | 10.4% |
| Web application frontend | 9.9% |
| Desktop or mobile libraries or services | 9.9% |
| IoT (Internet of Things) | 9.5% |
| Programming languages and related tools | 9.4% |
| Machine learning | 9.1% |
| Blockchain | 8.9% |
| Computer graphics | 8.0% |
| Database implementation | 7.8% |
| Simulation | 6.4% |
| Other | 6.2% |
| HPC High-Performance (super) Computing | 5.2% |
| Robotics | 3.9% |
| Audio programming | 3.9% |
| Computer games | 3.8% |
| Mobile phone application frontend | 2.2% |
