Next.js vs React
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
Next.js: Hacker News mentions: 11 mentions (2016) to 171 mentions (2026)
React: Hacker News mentions: 3 mentions (2007) to 1,055 mentions (2026)
Imported from Hacker News mentions
Downloads, monthly
Next.js: npm downloads: 110 downloads (2015) to 226,287,559 downloads (2026)
React: npm downloads: 11,998 downloads (2015) to 677,704,677 downloads (2026)
Imported from npm downloads
Usage share, yearly
Next.js: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 13.79 % of respondents (2022) to 21.46 % of respondents (2025)
React: Stack Overflow developer survey usage share: 19.54 % of respondents (2017) to 46.09 % of respondents (2025)
Imported from Stack Overflow developer survey
Pageviews, monthly
Next.js: Wikipedia pageviews: 4,943 views (2020) to 20,574 views (2026)
React: Wikipedia pageviews: 36,273 views (2023) to 15,312 views (2026)
Imported from Wikipedia pageviews
Series only one of them has
Next.js: Stack Exchange data explorer questions asked: 1 question (2016) to 4 questions (2026). Imported from Stack Exchange data explorer.
React: State of JS satisfaction: 93.1 % who would use it again (2017). Imported from State of JS.
React: State of JS usage share: 62 % of respondents (2017). Imported from State of JS.
Who uses both?
4 members list both Next.js and React.
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.
Only with Next.js
Only with React
Which moves use Next.js?
- Throw away your prototype code and rewrite it on purpose by Marcus Cole