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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