--- title: Nearly 60% of OpenStack deployments use Ubuntu description: The OpenStack Foundation recently conducted a survey, asking their members about how they used OpenStack. […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/nearly-60-of-openstack-deployments-use-ubuntu?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Mark Baker](https://canonical.com/blog/author/markbaker "More about Mark Baker") 22 November 2013 # Nearly 60% of OpenStack deployments use Ubuntu [OpenStack](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/openstack) --- Share the article The OpenStack Foundation recently conducted a survey, asking their members about how they used OpenStack. One of those questions was about the OS used for OpenStack deployments. Unsurprisingly Ubuntu is by far the most popular OS at 59%. Whilst it’s flattering to know that Ubuntu is so widely adopted, our focus remains on producing a rock solid platform, while continuing to make OpenStack consumable by everyone from new users to the most technical organisations. We define ‘Consumable’ as meaning: easy to deploy, easy to manage and easy to connect with multiple related technologies such as storage, networking, VMware or even other public clouds. In the survey results it was also Interesting to note that “Telecommunications” was the third placed industry for OpenStack users after Information Technology (which I suspect was mainly participating vendors such as ourselves) and academic/research. We are working with many companies in the telecommunications business to deploy large scale public and private cloud infrastructure, based on OpenStack but unaware that they were such a large proportion of the OpenStack community. The community will of course diversify more over time — this is a sign of its health – so the numbers reported in any future surveys will undoubtedly tell different stories. In the mean time we will continue to work on being pragmatic and driving diversity, whilst delivering the best possible OpenStack solution available. — from OpenStack blog [OpenStack User Survey Statistics November 2013](http://www.openstack.org/blog/2013/11/openstack-user-survey-statistics-november-2013/) — 5th November 2013 ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### How to set up a micro lab: four principles for a reliable homelab](https://canonical.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-reliable-homelab) After over a decade of running a homelab, I have learned a few difficult lessons. Although it begins as a “lab,” you inevitably end up with something you want to keep. If a... [Jake Nabasny](https://canonical.com/blog/author/slapcat) 17 March 2026 [### OpenStack cloud – happy 15th anniversary!](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-cloud-happy-15th-anniversary) Happy birthday, OpenStack! It’s astonishing how fast time flies – fifteen years already. Yet, here we are: OpenStack cloud still stands as a de facto standard for open source... [Tytus Kurek](https://canonical.com/blog/author/tkurek) 7 October 2025 [### Join Canonical at the first-ever African OpenInfra Days](https://canonical.com/blog/join-canonical-at-the-first-ever-african-openinfra-days) For the second time, and in less than one month, Canonical is coming to East Africa! Three weeks ago, we had the first-ever UbuCon Africa, which was co-located with DjangoCon... [Sharon Koech](https://canonical.com/blog/author/skoech) 2 September 2025 [### OpenStack PoC? No problem!](https://canonical.com/blog/openstack-poc) Setting up a proof of concept (PoC) environment is often one of the first steps in any IT project. It helps organizations to get to grips with the technology, validate the... [Tytus Kurek](https://canonical.com/blog/author/tkurek) 2 September 2025