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Are there any public stats that demonstrate how much literature is produced in LaTeX as opposed to Microsoft Word, Adobe InDesign, etc? When I search "latex market share" every single result talks about rubber/pillow/mattress companies and not the typesetter.

From what I have heard LaTeX is heavily used in Math & Science theses, and I would like to find specific numbers to back that claim. Does LaTeX stand a chance against other software outside the Natural Sciences, its stronghold?

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  • See the end of tug.org/TUGboat/tb44-1/tb136beet.pdf for a very brief discussion of this.
    – Max Chernoff
    Commented Aug 14, 2023 at 9:28
  • For searching, the key is to add or remove keywords, e.g. like this: google.com/search?q=%22latex+share%22+typesetting, to learn from the results and to further modify the search terms. // E.g. if you even add statistics to said search term, you'll find e.g. tex.stackexchange.com/questions/29236/…, which gives you an idea. // Or add trend instead of statistics. <end of primer on basic search>
    – MS-SPO
    Commented Aug 14, 2023 at 9:33
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    Fortunately, market share is really a secondary issue for free software. The popularity of a free sotware with respect commercial alternatives is indicative of nothing. The only valid fact is if for you is better that any other option.
    – Fran
    Commented Aug 14, 2023 at 13:56

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