Insights show how Airflow is increasingly powering modern data products and enterprise AI, as well as its role as the connective tissue in a constantly-evolving, heterogenous technology stack
NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Astronomer, the company behind Astro, the leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Apache Airflow®, today announced the findings from its State of Airflow Report 2025. Based on responses from over 5,000 data practitioners – making it the largest data engineering survey to date – the report reveals the growing criticality of data orchestration in enterprise operations: from advanced analytics to revenue-generating, external-facing data products to production AI and MLOps.
Apache Airflow has firmly established itself as the industry standard for data orchestration, a position reinforced by its remarkable growth and widespread adoption. The State of Airflow Report 2025 clearly shows a surge in Airflow popularity, usage and community growth by taking a look at metrics from November of last year and the same time period in the year 2020, when the last major release–Airflow 2.0–came out. As of November 2024, Airflow saw:
This remarkable growth underscores both Airflow’s increasing popularity among data professionals as well as its continual expansion of use, as organizations in every industry turn to Airflow to support more business functions.
“The State of Airflow Report 2025 confirms what we’re seeing across industries – leveraging data effectively is becoming a competitive necessity,” said Andy Byron, CEO, Astronomer. “Data orchestration has moved from a business need to a strategic imperative, serving as the backbone of modern enterprise infrastructure. With over 90% of data professionals citing Airflow as critical to their business, it’s clear that orchestration is foundational for operationalizing data–fueling everything from advanced analytics to AI-driven innovation–and that Airflow is the standard for data orchestration.”
Notable themes that emerged from the report include:
The complete State of Airflow Report 2025 has more findings around the growing role of data teams, how large enterprises are leveraging heterogenous tech stacks, and key trends around data orchestration.
To learn more and view the full report, visit the resources below:
About Astronomer
Astronomer empowers data teams to bring mission-critical software, analytics, and AI to life and is the company behind Astro, the industry-leading data orchestration and observability platform powered by Apache Airflow®. Astro accelerates building reliable data products that unlock insights, unleash AI value, and power data-driven applications. Trusted by more than 700 of the world’s leading enterprises, Astronomer lets businesses do more with their data. To learn more, visit www.astronomer.io.
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