Content management systems (CMS) power millions of websites on the internet.
It enables people to create, design, and manage their websites even when they do not know how to code.
One of the most popular CMS is Joomla. It offers user-friendly features and designs with more than 8,000 extensions.
Joomla is used for building corporate, organizational, non-profit, and government websites; personal homepages; online reservations, e-commerce, and business sites; community, church, and school portals; and online publications.
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How Many Websites Use Joomla in 2024?
In 2023, Joomla ranks fifth among the top content management systems (CMS) worldwide in terms of usage percentage and market share.
According to the most recent report, about 4,125,158 total websites (including historical) use Joomla, and approximately 1,882,636 live websites continue using the platform.
This CMS is free and is downloaded at least 123 million times, and over 300 websites are created daily using this platform.
Its version 3 powers 1.5% of all websites. Most sites using Joomla used version 3, accounting for over 82%.
As of February 2023, Joomla powers 1.8% of the total websites worldwide, holding a market share of 2.7% of all websites with known CMS.
Percentage of Websites Powered By Joomla
From January 2022 until February 2023, the percentage of websites powered by Joomla recorded minimal growth.
It was playing between 1.6% and 1.8%.
Below is a list of the percentages of sites powered by Joomla:
- In January 2022, 1.7% of websites were powered by Joomla
- In March 2022, 1.7% of websites were powered by Joomla
- In June 2022, 1.6% of websites were powered by Joomla
- In September 2022, 1.6% of websites were powered by Joomla
- In December 2022, 1.7% of websites were powered by Joomla
- In February 2023, 1.8% of websites were powered by Joomla
Most Used Joomla Version
Version 3 of Joomla is the most used version of the platform. 82.4% of websites powered by Joomla used this version.
While version 3.10 is the most used version of all the websites using version 3, with 51.6%. It is followed by version 3.9, with 27.6%.
Nearly 2% of all the websites are using Joomla. 1.5% of all these websites are using Joomla’s version 3.
Here are the percentages of websites using various versions of Joomla:
- 7.3% of all sites using Joomla are using version 1
- 10.2% of all sites using Joomla are using version 2
- 82.4% of all sites using Joomla are using version 3
- 0.1% of all sites using Joomla are using version 4
What Country has the Most Number of Websites Using Joomla?
Research reveals that the United States had the largest number of active sites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with 364,631 sites, and Germany, with 203,777.
On the other hand, the places with the fewest active sites powered by Joomla were located in the Cook Islands and Saint Pierre, with 5 sites each.
Top 5 Countries with the Most Joomla Websites
Here is a list of countries with the most number of active websites using Joomla:
- The United States had the most active sites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with 364,631 sites
- Germany had the second-most active sites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with 203,777
- Russia had the third-most active sites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with 138,495
- Italy had the fourth-most active sites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with 77,523
- Poland had the fifth-most active sites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with 51,286
Joomla Alternatives
Many popular sites use Joomla over WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace despite having a lower usage percentage and market share compared to them.
As of February 2023, less than 2% of the total websites use Joomla, holding a CMS market share of less than 3%, while 43.1% use WordPress, with a market share of 63.4%.
Here are the top 5 content management systems worldwide as of February 2023:
- 43.1% of all websites use WordPress, with a CMS market share of 63.4% in February 2023
- 3.8% of all websites use Shopify, with a CMS market share of 5.5% in February 2023
- 2.5% of all websites use Wix, with a CMS market share of 3.7% in February 2023
- 2.1% of all websites use Squarespace, with a CMS market share of 3.1% in February 2023
- 1.8% of all websites use Joomla, with a CMS market share of 2.7% in February 2023
Joomla holds a 2.7% market share in February 2023.
It became the second most popular content management system, next to WordPress.
However, in 2022, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace surpassed Joomla.
Currently, it is the fifth most popular CMS, in terms of market share and usage percentage.
Here is Joomla’s market share from 2016 to 2023:
- In January 2016, Joomla had a 7.5% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2017, Joomla had a 7.2% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2018, Joomla had a 6.5% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2019, Joomla had a 5.4% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2020, Joomla had a 4.6% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2021, Joomla had a 3.6% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2022, Joomla had a 2.6% market share of all websites with a known CMS
- In February 2023, Joomla had a 2.7% market share of all websites with a known CMS
Conclusion
Among the top 1 million most visited sites, 14,854 use Joomla, equivalent to 1.49%.
While the top 100,000 most visited sites, 2,046 use Joomla, equal to 2.05%. This means that the share of Joomla among the 100,000 most visited sites is comparatively low.
However, many popular sites remain to trust Joomla over other content management systems.
Now you know how many websites use Joomla in 2023, which is more than 4 million total websites, including the historical ones, and almost 2 million live websites are continuously using Joomla.
