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InnoDB, the default engine of MySQL, uses a clustering index. Last I checked, it's the most popular (in terms of installations) RDBMS in the world.

Clustering indexes make a lot of sense for many workloads, you just have to design your data model with them in mind.



The most deployed database these days is probably SQLite if you count semi-embedded contexts (ie. mobile apps). Excluding that it does look like MySQL is still on top, but Postgres is catching up fast. I completely forgot InnoDB uses clustered indices by default. Regardless, I was referring to most by implementations, not deployment numbers.




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