Since 2016, @CloudNativeFdn has surveyed the community to track how cloud native adoption evolves. This year’s survey, with Linux Foundation Research, covers containers, Kubernetes, CNCF projects, and the challenges users are running into.

Take the survey: https://research.net/r/NVHBX37

2026 Cloud Native Annual Survey

Source: https://www.research.net/r/NVHBX37 **INTRODUCTION:**Since 2016, the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) has conducted community-driven research. In partnership with Linux Foundation Research, this year’s CNCF survey will take a quick, high-level view on containers, Kubernetes, and other cloud native adoption trends. Then, it will look at the tools, CNCF projects (incubating and graduated), and challenges facing the users of these technologies. This survey should take about 15 to 20 minutes. You can change the survey’s language to Chinese or Japanese at the top right corner of the page.

**PRIVACY:**We do not collect or store any information identifying you or your employer as part of your survey responses. If you optionally provide your name or email address at the end of this survey, it will be maintained separately from your survey responses. The Linux Foundation’s Privacy Policy is available at https://www.linuxfoundation.org/privacy.

**BONUS:**To thank you for completing this survey, respondents will receive a 35% discount code on a Linux Foundation Education course.

**VISIBILITY:**We will summarize the survey data and findings in a report to be published on the Linux Foundation website. The dataset for this survey will be posted and made publicly available in the Linux Foundation Research’s section of Zenodo.

**QUESTIONS:**If you have questions regarding this survey, please email [email protected].