Interesting CMS Statistics - Top Platforms & Marketshare

40+ Content Management System Statistics – Top Players & Market Share in 2023

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Learn about the popularity, current state, and facts about content management systems through CMS Statistics.

The content management system (CMS) helps with easy content management — including content creation, editing, and sharing. Modern-day CMS platforms such as WordPress & Wix make it possible to build online websites without spending hundreds of hours writing HTML & CSS codes. Thanks to the modern-day CMS platforms, publishing online websites & content has become as easy as creating a social media account! 😃

Whether you are building an online store or a personal blog, multiple content management systems are available. But which one is the leading CMS platform? How many people use WordPress? Let’s find out the answers to such quests!

Presenting the top & fresh content management system statistics for 2024.

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General CMS Statistics

  1. In 2024, there are over 800 CMS platforms available in the market to choose from!
  2. 32% of the websites on the internet use none of the known content management systems.
  3. WordPress is the CMS market leader, powering 43.2% of the websites online, with a CMS market share of 63.5%.
  4. Shopify is the second-most popular platform in the CMS category, with a market share of 5.5%.
  5. The global CMS market value is expected to reach $123.5 billion by 2026.
  6. Over 73 million websites on the internet use a content management system.
  7. E-commerce is booming! More than 28% of the top 1 million websites on the internet are eCommerce.
  8. The most popular eCommerce CMS used by the sites are WooCommerce Checkout, Shopify, Magento, and Wix Store.

 

CMS Market Share 2024: Leading CMS Platforms

  1. Hundreds of content management systems are available in the market, and their usage share is uneven. Content management system statistics we analyzed showed that the aggregate market share of the top 5 CMS platforms is more than 75%.
  2. Five leading CMS platforms (with their CMS market share) are:
    CMS Platform Market Share
    WordPress 63.5%
    Shopify 5.5%
    Wix 3.7%
    Squarespace 3.0%
    Joomla! 2.7%

Other less-popular names of CMS platforms in the market include Drupal, Adobe Systems, and Google Systems.

More details about the market share of leading CMS platforms can be interpreted from the chart below:

top cms platforms by market share [2024]

Furthermore, we dug out the month-wise usage trends of each CMS platform from January 2022.

More interpretations can be made from the CMS usage trend chart provided below:

cms usage trend since january 2022

  1. WordPress is holding a solid stance in the market, maintaining over 40% share in the last 12 months.
  2. The percentage of websites using none of the CMS is declining over time, which means more websites are now transitioning to CMS platforms.

Note: The usage trend is calculated considering all the websites on the internet. This should not be confused with the CMS market share data presented above, calculated only considering the websites using a CMS platform.

Now, let’s see what Google trends show about the popularity of these platforms.

I’ve presented the last 12 months’ Google trends chart below:

CMS Popularity Trends

WordPress Statistics

WordPress is an open-source content management system initially developed as a blogging platform named b2/cafelog. It was developed by American developer Matt Mullenweg and English developer Mike Little. The first version of WordPress was officially released on May 27, 2003. Since then, it has constantly evolved with time, along with its growing community. Here are some interesting WordPress statistics:

  1. WordPress is the #1 platform powering 43.2% of the websites on the internet, with around 63.5% of the CMS market share.
  2. The market share of WordPress has constantly been increasing by 12% YoY since 2011.
  3. The platform is popular amongst bloggers. 96% of the blog sites are powered by WordPress.
  4. WooCommerce, a plugin-enabled eCommerce version of WordPress, also leads the eCommerce platform market with 36.7% of the market share. Learn more at WooCommerce Statistics.
  5. Over 38.5 million websites use WordPress as a content management system.
  6. The official WordPress plugin directory hosts over 60,000 plugins that add more features to the CMS.

 

Shopify Statistics

Launched in 2006, Shopify is a well-known eCommerce platform with easy-to-use features used by millions of merchants from over 170 countries. The hosted eCommerce solution offered by Shopify is ideal for merchants to take their business online without much technical hassle. Here are some interesting Shopify statistics:

  1. Shopify is the second-most popular CMS platform, with a market share of 5.5% and a well-known eCommerce platform.
  2. It is the most popular platform in the hosted category, followed by Wix, Squarespace, and Tilda.
  3. The platform powers 10% of the total eCommerce in the United States.
  4. The Shopify platform powers over 4.5 million live websites on the internet.
  5. More than 8600 apps are available on the Shopify app store, which adds more features & functionalities to the platform.
  6. The success rate of online businesses built on Shopify is estimated to be around 5% to 10%.

 

Wix Statistics

Although not a pure ‘CMS’, Wix is a revolutionary website builder that is easy to use and can build websites without using even a single code line. Plenty of free templates and helpful tools make the website-building procedure easy and efficient. In 2006, Wix.com Ltd. was founded by Avishai Abrahami, Nadav Abrahami, and Giora Kaplan. Here are some interesting Wix statistics:

  1. Wix, the website-building platform, is used by more than 200 million users worldwide.
  2. Launched in 2006, Wix.com Ltd went public by launching its IPO in 2013.
  3. On average, 45,000 new users sign up on the Wix platform daily, which amounts to over 16 million annual sign-ups.
  4. There are more than 6.0 million premium users of Wix.
  5. As of January 2023, the market capitalization of Wix.com Ltd. was estimated to be around $5 billion.
  6. Wix website builder offers more than 1000 features to users.

 

Squarespace Statistics

Based in New York, Squarespace is a popular eCommerce website builder. Anthony Casalena founded it in 2003. The platform offers hosted & template-based eCommerce solutions that make it possible to create an online store from scratch without coding. Its advanced marketing tools and features make it a complete suite. Some of the intriguing Squarespace Statistics are:

  1. The CMS — Squarespace — has around 3% of the CMS market share and 14.5% of the eCommerce platform market share.
  2. Squarespace has more than 4.2 million unique subscriptions (each website is counted as a unique subscription!).
  3. According to the Squarespace CMS statistics, the company offers employment to around 1,640 talented professionals worldwide.
  4. Squarespace users can add more features to their store by installing an extension or plugin. There are 31 official extensions available on the website.
  5. The company earns most of its revenue from subscriptions, it was 92.1% in 2021.

 

Joomla! Statistics

Joomla! is an open-source and award-winning CMS platform. This community-driven CMS platform is free-to-use and offers a number of extensions and templates that eases online site creation. It was launched in 2005 by Open Source Matters, a non-profit organization. Some interesting Joomla! Statistics are:

  1. Joomla! powers 2.7% of the websites that uses a content management system.
  2. There are over 65000 Joomla! Extensions available on the official site adds more features to the platform.
  3. Currently, there are more than 1.3 million live websites on the internet that Joomla powers!
  4. Over 85,000 companies using Joomla! generate revenue between $1 to $10 million.
  5. According to the Joomla! CMS statistics, more than 300 websites are launched every day using it.
  6. The platform offers more than a thousand templates that make website creation easier.

 

Wrapping Up: CMS Statistics 2024

Plenty of CMS systems are available online that make website-building & management easier. However, the market share is unevenly distributed amongst the top few platforms — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, and Joomla, are a few to name. I hope the above CMS statistics will help you understand the scenario better. You can also take further insights into the top CMS platform usage statistics.

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Thanks for reading! 🍀

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Sources: W3techs, Zion, Builtwith1, Builtwith2, Builtwith3, Kinsta, WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla!, JoomlaLMS

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40+ Content Management System Statistics – Top Players & Market Share in 2023

Vishal Dave

He is a Content Writer at Meetanshi with 3+ years of experience. His main responsibility is to simplify complex subjects using an easy-to-understand language. Digital marketing, E-commerce, and Technology are his domains of expertise.