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State of the API
Report 2023
Jordan Walsh
Snr. Enterprise Solutions Architect
@jordwalsh

3. More than 40,000
developers, testers and API
professionals responded.
THE WORLD’S LARGEST SURVEY ON APIS

4. 43% of respondents
identified as Full Stack or
Backend Developer.
Only 8% identified as QA.
FULLSTACK AND BACKEND DEVELOPERS

5. 92% expect investment in
APIs to remain at least the
same or increase over the
next 12 months.
KEY INSIGHT #1 - INVESTMENT IN APIS IS GROWING

6. 78% of leaders prioritised
quality of solutions.
KEY INSIGHT #2 - QUALITY IS KING
64% prioritised speed of
delivery.
33% prioritised cost
reduction.

7. Prioritises APIs at the
beginning of the software
development process.
APIs then become the
building blocks for other
products and services.
WHAT IS API-FIRST?

8. 75% agreed that API-first
companies are more
productive, create better
software, and integrate
faster with partners.
KEY INSIGHT #3 - TREND TOWARDS API-FIRST

9. Companies with >100
developers will see:
● Increased development velocity.
● More frequent deployments to
production.
● Fewer deployment issues.
● Faster resolution when issues
occur.
KEY INSIGHT #3 - TREND TOWARDS API-FIRST

10. 76% of API leaders view their
APIs as Products.
Three quarters of API
leaders have API Products
that generate revenue.
KEY INSIGHT #4 - APIS AS A PRODUCT

11. API first leaders were 2x as
likely to be managing too
many APIs and microservices.
KEY INSIGHT #5 - MICROSERVICES ARE HARD

12. When developers leave,
outdated documentation is
the biggest gap.
KEY INSIGHT #6 - OUTDATED DOCUMENTATION

13. Half of all respondents called
out security of their
applications being a priority.
KEY INSIGHT #7 - SECURITY IS A MEDIUM PRIORITY

14. Source: Office of the Australian Information Commissioner
https://www.oaic.gov.au/
Over 400 data breaches reported Jan-Jun ‘23

15. 60% of respondents are
using generative AI in their
work.
KEY INSIGHT #8 - GENERATIVE AI

16. Github is the most used SCM (64%).
Grafana is the most popular APM
(36%).
Github Actions is the most popular
CI/CD (50%).
AWS API Gateway is the most
popular gateway (50%)
KEY INSIGHT #9 - TOOLING

17. ● Investment in APIs continues to
grow.
● Quality of solutions is the most
important attribute.
● API First companies have more
frequent deployments with fewer
issues.
● Microservices are hard to manage.
● Documentation is the biggest gap.
● Security is not currently a focus, but
should be a priority.
● Generative AI is being used, and is a
desire for developers.
SUMMARY

18. Announcement…

19. https://bit.ly/state-of-the-api-23
The inaugural State of the API - API!

20. Thank you!
Jordan Walsh
Snr. Enterprise Solutions Architect
jordan.walsh@postman.com
@jordwalsh
jordanwalsh23