Popularity

Popularity is used to interpret overall data trends about the count of customer reviews of products in the GIS industry. While our popularity page does not examine user satisfaction, product affordability, competition dynamics, and language support - we will have pages about those topics too.

Overall Popularity

GIS is at the moment the 67th most used product category according to our numbers with 1,507 reviews last year. Year over year, GIS' user base rose by 1,060 customer reviews to its all time highest popularity ranking. Alternatively, GIS saw its worst popularity in 2017 coming in 111th place with 163 ratings. Over the last 7 years, the category has collected 4,106 total reviews. As the 67th most reviewed category globally, GIS is an averagely popular category.

Old Vs. New

The oldest GIS product on our list is QGIS with its earliest tracked customer review appearing 7 years ago. The most recent GIS product to the market is BatchGeo with its earliest tracked review surfacing in 2018.

Around the World

The United States uses GIS software products more than any other nation with an impressive 2,336 customer reviews. The United States is trailed by Venezuela, India, Indonesia, and Canada which have an overall average of 249 reviews. Over the past year GIS category gained popularity in the United States to become the United States' 66th most reviewed category. The most heavily used GIS products are BatchGeo with 1,176 customer reviews, Google Maps API with 1,084 reviews, and Esri ArcGIS with 550 reviews.

Size Matters

Many users of GIS software products are small businesses, making up 47% of all clients. They are followed by medium business customers (30%), and bringing up the rear, large businesses (23%). The adoption of GIS products for small businesses appears to be increasing currently, increasing by 290% in the last year. GIS software solutions for large businesses have experienced expansion as well, growing by 87% in the past year.

Industry Makes All Things Easy

The top industries for GIS are government administration, information technology and services, civil engineering, higher education, and environmental services.