--- title: PostgreSQL in the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey... description: The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey shows 84% of nearly 1,800 surveyed developers use PostgreSQL in production, ahead of MySQL at 23%. Oracle, MySQL, and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-in-the-2026-ruby-on-rails-community-survey-and-book-giveaways-fxkma9txm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: PostgreSQL in the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey and Book Giveaways | daily.dev og:description: The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey shows 84% of nearly 1,800 surveyed developers use PostgreSQL in production, ahead of MySQL at 23%. Oracle, MySQL, and... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-in-the-2026-ruby-on-rails-community-survey-and-book-giveaways-fxkma9txm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/FxKmA9TXM.png og:image:alt: PostgreSQL in the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey and Book Giveaways og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # PostgreSQL in the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey and Book Giveaways **[Andy Atkinson](https://daily.dev/sources/andyatkinson)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey shows 84% of nearly 1,800 surveyed developers use PostgreSQL in production, ahead of MySQL at 23%. Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server remain more popular overall per DB-Engines rankings, but their popularity is declining while PostgreSQL's grows. Among learning resources, building and deploying your own apps worked best, while 37% of newer developers found reading whole books most helpful. The book 'High Performance PostgreSQL for Rails' ranked #12 among recommended books in the survey, and its author is giving away two signed copies to entrants in the contiguous U.S. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What percentage of Ruby on Rails developers use PostgreSQL in production? 84% of nearly 1,800 surveyed Ruby on Rails developers use PostgreSQL in production, according to the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey. The next most used relational database among these developers is MySQL at 23%. PostgreSQL remains less popular than Oracle, MySQL, and Microsoft SQL Server overall per DB-Engines rankings, but those alternatives are declining while PostgreSQL's popularity grows. _Rails developers weighing database choices can track PostgreSQL adoption trends like these on daily.dev._ ### What resources do Ruby on Rails developers find most helpful for learning? Building and deploying their own applications was rated most helpful by Rails developers in the 2026 community survey. Reading whole books was the most helpful resource for 37% of respondents in their first two years of learning, while 10% preferred reading parts of a book. Documentation, learning videos, podcasts, and blog posts also support skill-building. _Developers mapping out how to level up their Rails skills can follow learning resource trends on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Active Record gets better every week](https://daily.dev/posts/active-record-gets-better-every-week-revvg5fub) · This Week in Rails · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Stop Chasing Hype: Why I Chose Postgres Over ‘New-Age’ Databases](https://daily.dev/posts/stop-chasing-hype-why-i-chose-postgres-over-new-age-databases-l8v6l9b1l) · Ruby Flow · 81 upvotes · 7 comments - [Why developers are betting on Postgres for AI](https://daily.dev/posts/why-developers-are-betting-on-postgres-for-ai-pefuo5sjs) · The New Stack · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#rails](https://daily.dev/tags/rails), [#mysql](https://daily.dev/tags/mysql) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-in-the-2026-ruby-on-rails-community-survey-and-book-giveaways-fxkma9txm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"PostgreSQL in the 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey and Book Giveaways","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-in-the-2026-ruby-on-rails-community-survey-and-book-giveaways-fxkma9txm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/postgresql-in-the-2026-ruby-on-rails-community-survey-and-book-giveaways-fxkma9txm"},"datePublished":"2026-10-25T08:16:03.537Z","dateModified":"2026-10-25T08:23:01.842Z","description":"The 2026 Ruby on Rails Community Survey shows 84% of nearly 1,800 surveyed developers use PostgreSQL in production, ahead of MySQL at 23%. 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