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So while container usage continues to grow, the size and scope continues to be quite modest, with more than 50% of users running fewer than 50 containers on fewer than 10 machines.

## Things stay the same

Across the orchestration space, things seemed pretty consistent between January and February (Kubernetes is quite popular with folks (54% -\> 57%), though again, please see the note at the top about the likely bias in our survey population. Shell scripts likewise are also quite popular and holding steady. You all certainly love your Bash (don’t worry, we do too ;)
Likewise people continue to use cloud services both in raw IaaS form (10% on GCE, 30% on EC2, 2% on Azure) as well as cloud container services (16% for GKE, 11% on ECS, 1% on ACS). Though the most popular deployment target by far remains your laptop/desktop at ~53%.  

## Raw data

As always, the complete raw data is available in a spreadsheet [here](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/126nnv9Q9avxDvC82irJGUDK3UODokILZOQe5X_WB9VQ/edit?usp=sharing).

## Conclusions

Containers continue to gain in popularity and usage. The world of orchestration is somewhat stabilizing, and cloud services continue to be a common place to run containers, though your laptop is even more popular.

And if you are just getting started with containers (or looking to move beyond your laptop) please visit us at [kubernetes.io](http://kubernetes.io/) and [Google Container Engine](https://cloud.google.com/container-engine/). ‘Till next month, please get your friends, relatives and co-workers to take our [March survey](https://docs.google.com/a/google.com/forms/d/1hlOEyjuN4roIbcAAUbDhs7xjNMoM8r-hqtixf6zUsp4/viewform)!  



Thanks!

_-- Brendan Burns, Software Engineer, Google_
Title: Container Usage Trends, Orchestration Tools, and Deployment Environments
Summary
Container usage is growing, but most users run fewer than 50 containers on under 10 machines. Kubernetes remains a popular orchestration tool, alongside shell scripts. Cloud services (GCE, EC2, Azure, GKE, ECS, ACS) are used, but laptops/desktops are the most common deployment target. Raw survey data is available in a linked spreadsheet. The author encourages readers to explore Kubernetes and Google Container Engine, and to participate in the upcoming March survey.