<story><title>SQLite is likely used more than all other database engines combined</title><url>https://sqlite.org/mostdeployed.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TZubiri</author><text>In terms of installations, sure.&lt;p&gt;In terms of total data, probably not.&lt;p&gt;In terms of important data, 100% not. Important data needs guarantees, and its privacy is second to its longevity.&lt;p&gt;Server side and centralized beats client side decentralized for all but sensitive consumer data.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>simonw</author><text>You may be shocked to learn how much of the world&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;important data&amp;quot; lives in Excel files.</text></comment>
<story><title>SQLite is likely used more than all other database engines combined</title><url>https://sqlite.org/mostdeployed.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>TZubiri</author><text>In terms of installations, sure.&lt;p&gt;In terms of total data, probably not.&lt;p&gt;In terms of important data, 100% not. Important data needs guarantees, and its privacy is second to its longevity.&lt;p&gt;Server side and centralized beats client side decentralized for all but sensitive consumer data.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>alganet</author><text>How would you go about measuring that, or determining what&amp;#x27;s important?&lt;p&gt;Huge SQL for servers is just a different use case.&lt;p&gt;Someone&amp;#x27;s temporary browser data or settings for my android alarm app could be just as important and sensitive as an average record on those big servers.&lt;p&gt;Fortunatelly, SQL fits the role of a small transactional engine very well to support those small use cases for a large number of applications. It deserves the good reputation.</text></comment>