Top CMS platforms and their market share
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2025 3:39 am
As of early 2025, over 1.88 billion websites are live whereas the number of websites using CMS reaches 80 million.
WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace are the most popular content management systems. They hold the majority of market share in the CMS landscape. However, WordPress alone reigns the one third of the CMS industry which clearly denotes its smooth UI and UX compared to the other content management platforms.
WordPress
WordPress is a leading CMS platform that powers instagram data over 43.6% of websites online.
WordPress.org dominates the CMS industry, owning 68% of global market share in 2024.
As of 2024, more than 835 million sites are built with WordPress.
The USA holds the largest market share.
WooCommerce and Elementor respectively lead 20.3% and 17.8% market share in 2024.
WordPress.org facilitates users with 59k plugins and 13k themes.
The websites of CNN, Forbes, The White House, Sony, eBay, etc. are powered by WordPress.
According to the data of Builtwith, 29.65% of the top 100k websites use WordPress.
Shopify
Shopify leads 6.7% of the global CMS market. (Shoptrial)
As of 2024, Shopify holds 10.56% of the market share in the global software market. (Statiste)
The survey in January 2025 states that 30% of websites are powered by Shopify in the US eCommerce software market. (Shoptrial)
In the United Kingdom, the percentage of Shopify’s market share is 23%. (Shoptrial)
Shopify powers over 29% of eCommerce websites worldwide. (Shoptrial)
The percentage of Shopify website users in the top 100k is 3.16%. (Builtwith)
5.17 million websites use Shopify and the revenue in the first three quarters of 2024 is $6.17 billion.
WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace are the most popular content management systems. They hold the majority of market share in the CMS landscape. However, WordPress alone reigns the one third of the CMS industry which clearly denotes its smooth UI and UX compared to the other content management platforms.
WordPress
WordPress is a leading CMS platform that powers instagram data over 43.6% of websites online.
WordPress.org dominates the CMS industry, owning 68% of global market share in 2024.
As of 2024, more than 835 million sites are built with WordPress.
The USA holds the largest market share.
WooCommerce and Elementor respectively lead 20.3% and 17.8% market share in 2024.
WordPress.org facilitates users with 59k plugins and 13k themes.
The websites of CNN, Forbes, The White House, Sony, eBay, etc. are powered by WordPress.
According to the data of Builtwith, 29.65% of the top 100k websites use WordPress.
Shopify
Shopify leads 6.7% of the global CMS market. (Shoptrial)
As of 2024, Shopify holds 10.56% of the market share in the global software market. (Statiste)
The survey in January 2025 states that 30% of websites are powered by Shopify in the US eCommerce software market. (Shoptrial)
In the United Kingdom, the percentage of Shopify’s market share is 23%. (Shoptrial)
Shopify powers over 29% of eCommerce websites worldwide. (Shoptrial)
The percentage of Shopify website users in the top 100k is 3.16%. (Builtwith)
5.17 million websites use Shopify and the revenue in the first three quarters of 2024 is $6.17 billion.