Docker vs Kubernetes
11 members list Docker, up 11 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 18 September 2026
4 members list Kubernetes, up 4 in the last 12 weeks, data as of 18 September 2026
How has interest in each changed?
Collected from public datasets outside Stackness, not from stacks on this site. A series both tools have shares one chart and one scale, because its unit is the same for both. Data sources
Mentions, monthly
Docker: Hacker News mentions: 75 mentions (2013) to 807 mentions (2026)
Kubernetes: Hacker News mentions: 14 mentions (2014) to 332 mentions (2026)
Imported from Hacker News mentions
Installs, monthly
Docker: Homebrew analytics installs: 141,864 installs (2026)
Kubernetes: Homebrew analytics installs: 40,472 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Installs, yearly
Docker: Homebrew analytics installs: 1,715,858 installs (2026)
Kubernetes: Homebrew analytics installs: 578,272 installs (2026)
Imported from Homebrew analytics
Questions asked, monthly
Docker: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2010) to 2 questions (2026)
Kubernetes: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2014) to 2 questions (2026)
Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer
Usage share, yearly
Docker: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 31.24 % of respondents (2019) to 71.79 % of respondents (2025)
Kubernetes: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 8.47 % of respondents (2019) to 28.83 % of respondents (2025)
Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey
Pageviews, monthly
Docker: Wikipedia pageviews: 46,752 views (2015) to 21,080 views (2026)
Kubernetes: Wikipedia pageviews: 1,347 views (2015) to 24,241 views (2026)
Imported from Wikipedia pageviews
Who uses both?
3 members list both Docker and Kubernetes.
No member has recorded moving from one to the other yet.
What do people pair them with?
Tools that members list in the same stack as each of them.
Paired with both
Only with Docker
Only with Kubernetes
Which moves use Docker?
- Environment variables as the only source of truth by Fatima Al-Rashid
- Shrinking Docker images with multi-stage builds by Elif Yilmaz