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WordPress runs 25% of the Web

Lauren Kate Rawlins
By Lauren Kate Rawlins, ITWeb digital and innovation contributor.
Johannesburg, 10 Nov 2015
One in every four Web sites on the Internet makes use of a WordPress control management system, according to a report.
One in every four Web sites on the Internet makes use of a WordPress control management system, according to a report.

WordPress powers 25% of the Internet, followed distantly by Joomla with only 2.8%, according to research company W3Techs.

WordPress is a free and open source content management system (CMS), allowing Web sites to be updated and edited from a central interface.

"The market share among the 300+ content management systems which we monitor is now at 58.7%," says Matthias Gelbmann from W3Techs.

According to W3Techs: "WordPress is used by 58.7% of all the Web sites whose content management system we know. This is 25% of all Web sites."

The CMS has risen in popularity over the years. In 2011, only 13.1% of all Web sites used WordPress.

"We have indicators that show WordPress is likely to grow even further. In October, 29.5% of new sites used WordPress. New sites usually show the way where the whole market is heading to," says Gelbmann.

WordPress is also the fastest growing CMS. Every 74 seconds a site within the top 10 million Web sites on the Internet starts using WordPress. Shopify, the second-fastest growing CMS, only gains a new site every 22 minutes.

Usage

CMS market share

WordPress

25%

58.7%

Joomla

2.8%

6.6%

Drupal

2.1%

4.9%

Magento

1.2%

2.9%

Blogger

1.2%

2.8%

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