New surveys on various content management system categories

Posted by Matthias Gelbmann on 30 March 2026 in News, 10Web Photo Gallery, Adobe Commerce, Atlassian Statuspage, BbPress, Bigcommerce, Blogger, Cafe24, Content Management, GitBook, MediaWiki, Moodle, Nuvemshop/Tiendanube, Open Journal Systems, Prom.ua, Roundcube, Salla, Shopify, Shoptet, WooCommerce, Zendesk

Our definition of content management system has always been extremely broad. Any system that may be used to manage the content of a web page is a candidate for inclusion in our set of more than 1000 systems. That covers tools that are more commonly called CMS, such as WordPress and Joomla, it includes hosted systems such as Shopify and Wix, static site generators such as Hugo and Gatsby and even Microsoft Word. We also include systems that are build for very specific purposes, for example status page services and webmail clients. What we have done now is to filter out systems for these very specific purposes and we show them in dedicated surveys.

For the moment, we have surveys for

• E-commerce Systems, with WooCommerce leading that category
• Community Platforms, led by bbPress
• Blogging Engines, led by Blogger
• Media Gallery Builders, led by 10Web Photo Gallery
• News Website Platforms, led by Open Journal Systems
• Wiki Engines, led by MediaWiki
• Documentation Platforms, led by GitBook
• Status Page Services, led by Atlassian Statuspage
• Customer Support Platforms, led by Zendesk
• E-learning Systems, led by Moodle
• Webmail Clients, led by Roundcube

Since systems of different categories do not really compete against each other, it makes sense to focus on systems within these categories, for example when comparing market shares and to see which systems are often replaced by others of the same category.

Let's have, for example, a closer look at e-commerce systems. WooCommerce, the WordPress-based platform, is the most popular e-commerce system, used by almost 50% of all e-commerce sites. This is followed by Shopify, used by almost 30%, and then by a long list of 192 more e-commerce systems.

Our market position diagram shows that Adobe Commerce, formerly called Magento, is very strong among high traffic sites, and Bigcommerce also above average in that respect.

 

Our e-commerce report also shows which systems are dominant in which countries. WooCommerce is the leading system in most of Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. Shopify is strongest in North America, Australia and Japan. Furthermore, there are plenty of systems that are popular primarily in their local market, for example Tiendanube in Argentina, Cafe24 in South Korea, Prom.ua in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Shoptet in Czech Republic, and Salla in Saudi Arabia.

You can find the surveys on these new categories on our website. Starting with April, we include new sections of subcategories in our content management systems report and in all affected technology reports, and we offer dedicated subcategory reports.

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Please note, that all trends and figures mentioned in that article are valid at the time of writing. Our surveys are updated frequently, and these trends and figures are likely to change over time.

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