2022 State of
APIs

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State of APIs

What tools are we using?

This year, we saw an increase in the usage of all types of APIs. Webhooks, Serverless & FaaS, and REST API are being used by more and more developers. While the changes are subtle, we expect newer types of APIs will continue to grow in popularity as the technology matures.

How to read

Each colored bar indicates the change in the percentage of people in each bucket from 2021 to 2022:
increasing, sustaining, or decreasing.

20% (2021)
10%
Unfamiliar
10% (2021)
10%
Aware of but not using
20% (2021)
20%
Investigating
20% (2021)
20%
Currently in POC
30% (2021)
40%
Using in production
Increasing usage
Increasing familiarity

—— Increasing familiarity & usage —-->

REST
REST was used more in production and more people are aware of it.
9.7% (2021)
6.8%
Unfamiliar
13.6% (2021)
8.7%
Aware of but not using
9.6% (2021)
7.4%
Investigating
7.8% (2021)
7.8%
Currently in POC
59.3% (2021)
69.3%
Using in production
Webhooks
Webhooks were used more and more people are aware of them.
27.6% (2021)
20.8%
Unfamiliar
25.1% (2021)
25.8%
Aware of but not using
13.5% (2021)
10.9%
Investigating
7% (2021)
7.9%
Currently in POC
26.8% (2021)
34.6%
Using in production
Websockets
Websockets were used more and more people are aware of them.
20.7% (2021)
17.1%
Unfamiliar
31.3% (2021)
31.9%
Aware of but not using
15% (2021)
15.3%
Investigating
7.8% (2021)
6.2%
Currently in POC
25.3% (2021)
29.5%
Using in production
AsyncAPI
AsyncAPI was used more and less people are aware of it.
34.8% (2021)
34.5%
Unfamiliar
22.7% (2021)
20%
Aware of but not using
13.9% (2021)
11.6%
Investigating
6.8% (2021)
7.3%
Currently in POC
21.8% (2021)
26.5%
Using in production
Serverless & FaaS
Serverless & FaaS were used more and less people are aware of them.
34.8% (2021)
30.7%
Unfamiliar
27% (2021)
24.9%
Aware of but not using
13.8% (2021)
12.7%
Investigating
6.9% (2021)
6.2%
Currently in POC
17.4% (2021)
25.4%
Using in production
SOAP
SOAP was used more and more people are aware of them.
29.6% (2021)
25.9%
Unfamiliar
35.2% (2021)
38.6%
Aware of but not using
10% (2021)
7.7%
Investigating
4.8% (2021)
4.8%
Currently in POC
20.4% (2021)
23%
Using in production
GraphQL
GraphQL was used more and less people are aware of it.
25.1% (2021)
23.3%
Unfamiliar
36.8% (2021)
35.5%
Aware of but not using
15.9% (2021)
15.2%
Investigating
7.5% (2021)
7.4%
Currently in POC
14.7% (2021)
18.6%
Using in production
Kafka
Kafka usage increased and more people are aware of it.
48.6% (2021)
46.6%
Unfamiliar
27.3% (2021)
28.8%
Aware of but not using
9.2% (2021)
8.2%
Investigating
5.3% (2021)
3.7%
Currently in POC
9.6% (2021)
12.6%
Using in production
gRPC
gRPC was used more and more people are aware of it.
60.2% (2021)
55.3%
Unfamiliar
22.2% (2021)
24.6%
Aware of but not using
8.4% (2021)
8%
Investigating
3.8% (2021)
4%
Currently in POC
5.4% (2021)
8.2%
Using in production
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Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Rapid Developer Survey! We hope this report gives you insight into the API landscape and emerging technology trends.

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