NestJS Statistics You Need to Know for Building Modern Web Apps

What Is Nest.js?

NestJS is a progressive, open source framework designed for building efficient and scalable server side applications. Built with TypeScript, it incorporates modern JavaScript features to enhance development speed and maintainability.

NestJS is fully compatible with Node.js and lets you use Express or Fastify as your HTTP server. And because it’s built with a robust architecture apps are easy to maintain and super easy to extend even for the trickiest of backend systems.

Top 20 NestJS Statistics Shaping Backend Development

From impressive GitHub activity to widespread adoption across industries, this section provides key insights into the growing importance of NestJS in modern web application development.

1) NestJs has a staggering 73.9k stars and 8.1k forks on GitHub, it’s one of the go-to frameworks for building a backend project with Nodejs, no surprise there.

After nearly seven years, Nest has officially passed Express in terms of GitHub stars 🎉

Thank you all for your support! ❤️ pic.twitter.com/S8FBOW5HiC

— NestJS (@nestframework) March 26, 2024

2) According to a study done by Statista, a whopping 5.8% of developers worldwide use NestJs.

3) According to TheirStack’s database, there are 18,701 companies globally that are making use of NestJS.

4) In the US alone, there are over 2,500 companies that have adopted NestJS – making it the biggest adopter of the framework globally.

5) The United Kingdom has 629 companies using NestJS, a testament to its strong developer community and progressive tech industry.

6) India is emerging as a major player with 584 companies utilizing NestJS. This reflects the rapid technological development and startup ecosystem in the country.

7) Germany, a leader in engineering and innovation shows 412 companies adopting NestJS. This further solidifies the framework’s relevance in Europe’s largest economy.

8) As Per market analysis and research the top industries using NestJS is:

• Information Technology and Services – 2,204 companies (28%)
• Computer Software – 1,387 companies (17%)
• Internet – 452 companies (6%)
• Financial Services – 427 companies (5%) 

9) NestJS Adoption by Company Size: 39% of NestJS users are small companies (<50 employees), 42% are medium-sized companies (50-1000 employees) and 19% are large companies (>1000 employees).

10) NestJS Adoption by Company Revenue: 57% of NestJS users are small companies (<$50M), 21% are large companies (>$1000M) and 16% are medium-sized companies.

11) According to StackOverflow, 6.7% of respondents are using NestJS, positioning it as a popular framework among developers for building scalable and efficient applications.

12) According to StackOverflow, 6% of respondents have used NestJS, with 49.8% admiring it and 34.1% desiring to continue using it in the future. This shows a solid base of satisfaction and interest among developers.

13) According to npm chart dev, there are a total of 669,586,333 npm downloads for NestJS.

14) Weekly downloads of the NestJs packages are up to 5,012,608 by npm js.

15) Latest Version of NestJs is 11.1.9, which had 1,268,465 downloads in the last 7 days. 

16) Weekly commit data from January to December 2025 shows consistent contributions, with peaks in March, July and November. Over 10,000 commits were made, highlighting steady development activity throughout the year.

17) Adidas, with 1,933 retail stores, uses NestJS to build scalable e-commerce applications, taking advantage of its modularity, TypeScript support and efficiency for managing complex backend systems and enterprise-level solutions.

18) Decathlon, a sporting goods retailer with 1,500+ stores across 57 countries, uses NestJS as the backend for their web application, enabling scalability and easier maintenance of their legacy codebase.

19) BMW Group, with a network in 140 countries, uses NestJS development in the MyBMW/MINI apps, alongside technologies like Flutter and .NET, providing a scalable solution for their teams.

20) Mercedes-Benz, with a presence of 35 production sites across four continents, uses NestJS for scalable Node.js applications, leveraging its modularity and TypeScript support for full-stack development and microservices across teams.

Future Trends: What’s Coming in 2026 and Beyond

As we move into 2026, NestJS is poised to lead the way in backend development. Below are key trends that will shape the framework’s evolution and backend development at large.

1. Cloud Native and Serverless Architecture

As cloud native development and serverless computing continue to boom, NestJS will remain right at the forefront of this trend. Expect to see a whole lot more integration with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and serverless environments like AWS Lambda and Google Cloud Functions.

This will encourage businesses to hire NestJS developers to build scalable, cost efficient applications with minimal infrastructure management.

• Edge Computing: NestJS is going to expand its support for edge computing allowing apps to process data faster and closer to the source super important for IoT devices and real-time applications that need to run super smoothly.

2. TypeScript Dominance

TypeScript is rapidly becoming the language of choice for backend development and NestJS’s deep TypeScript support will be key to its continued popularity. By 2026, TypeScript will dominate the backend ecosystem, offering benefits like type safety and better tooling. 

NestJS will continue to leverage these features, making it an even more attractive option for developers.

• Ecosystem Growth: Expect the rise of TypeScript-based libraries and integrations that make building robust, scalable systems easier, further cementing NestJS as a go to framework for TypeScript developers.

3. Microservices Evolution

Microservices will continue to be a central architecture for scalable applications. NestJS already tops in supporting microservices and in 2026, expect further enhancements in areas like event driven architectures and integrations with message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMQ and NATS.

• Service Mesh: As microservice architectures get more complicated, you can bet service meshes like Istio and Linkerd are going to become a lot more popular.

4. Real-Time Applications

Real-time applications like chat apps, or live sports updates, or collaborative tools are going to be more and more important. NestJS already has native support for WebSockets and GraphQL subscriptions so it’s in a great spot to be able to build real time systems.

• GraphQL Growth: GraphQL is still on the rise and we can expect to see NestJS get even tighter integrations in there especially around dealing with real time data. This will let developers build efficient, scalable apps that push real time updates out to clients.

5. AI and Machine Learning Integration

By 2026, you can expect Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to become an integral part of backend systems. NestJS will be evolving to make it a whole lot easier to slip in Machine Learning models and AI powered features into your applications .

• ML APIs: NestJS will get a whole lot better at making it easy to chat with Machine Learning APIs and get models up and running in a production environment. This makes it a pretty valuable tool for building AI driven applications.

6. Security and Privacy Enhancements

As you’d expect all this Machine Learning and AI is going to raise a whole bunch of concerns about data privacy and security. But NestJS is going to continue to put the emphasis on doing things the right way as far as development goes. 

• Compliance: NestJS will probably pick up some built in features that make it easy for developers to comply with all the global data protection regulations like GDPR making it a lot easier to build secure, compliant applications.