Are you planning to create your website and still looking for a user-friendly open-source content management system with thousands of designs and features?
Joomla! can help you build and manage your website and publish your content.
It is currently used by millions of websites worldwide.
To better know this free content management system, let’s take a look at the Joomla market share and usage statistics in 2024 and other updated facts about this platform.
Key Joomla Statistics
- As of February 2023, Joomla is used on 1.8% of websites on the internet. It has a 2.7% market share of all websites with a known content management system.
- Joomla recorded a market share of 8.7% in January 2013.
- 82% of all websites using Joomla used Joomla’s version 3.
- Joomla’s version 3.10 is used by more than half of all the websites using version 3.
- WordPress is the most popular content management system, while Joomla is in fifth place, next to Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace.
- The United States has the most active websites on Joomla as of April 2022, with more than 364,000. Germany comes next with almost 204,000.
You don’t need to worry when you want to build a website but do not know how to manually code.
You can use a reliable content management system (CMS).
Before choosing a CMS, you should consider which is the best, how many popular websites use it, and what is its market share.
Aside from WordPress, one of the leading CMS worldwide is Joomla.
It can be used by beginners in building their websites since it is user-friendly and mobile-ready.
Here is Joomla market share and usage stats based on the W3Techs report: As of February 2023, Joomla ranks fifth among the most popular content management systems.
About 1.8% of all websites on the internet use Joomla. This gives a 2.7% market share of all websites with known CMS.
Joomla’s version 3 is used by 1.5% of sites on the internet.
The majority of websites powered by Joomla used this version, accounting for more than 82%, while 0.1% used version 4.
Starting January 1, 2023, Joomla has a market share of 2.7%, down from 8.7% a decade ago.
It was outperformed by WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and Squarespace in 2022 and ranked fifth.
Its market share is affected by the growing popularity of other user-friendly CMS.
Below is a list of Joomla’s market share from 2017 to 2023:
- In January 2017, Joomla recorded a market share of 7.2% of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2018, Joomla recorded a market share of 6.5% of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2019, Joomla recorded a market share of 5.4% of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2020, Joomla recorded a market share of 4.6% of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2021, Joomla recorded a market share of 3.6% of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2022, Joomla recorded a market share of 2.6% of all websites with a known CMS
- In January 2023, Joomla recorded a market share of 2.7% of all websites with a known CMS
Percentage of Websites Using Joomla
In terms of usage, 1.8% of sites on the internet use Joomla in February 2023, growing from 1.6% three months ago.
Unlike WordPress, Joomla’s usage doesn’t show extensive growth, but its percentage is stable between 1.6% and 1.8% from 2022 until 2023.
Here are the percentages of websites using Joomla:
- Joomla was used by 1.7% of all websites in January 2022
- Joomla was used by 1.7% of all websites in April 2022
- Joomla was used by 1.6% of all websites in July 2022
- Joomla was used by 1.6% of all websites in October 2022
- Joomla was used by 1.7% of all websites in December 2023
- Joomla is used by 1.8% of all websites in February 2023
Versions of Joomla
In the first months of 2023, nearly 2% of all websites use Joomla. 1.5% of websites on the internet use Joomla’s version 3.
Most websites powered by this CMS used version 3, accounting for 82.4%.
Among the websites using version 3, Joomla’s version 3.10 is used by more than half.
Here are the percentages of sites that use different versions of Joomla:
- 84.2% of websites powered by Joomla used Joomla’s version 3
- 10.2% of websites powered by Joomla used Joomla’s version 2
- 7.3% of websites powered by Joomla used Joomla’s version 1
- 0.1% of websites powered by Joomla used Joomla’s version 4
Top Content Management System Usage
Let’s take a look at the absolute usage percentage of the top content management systems as of February 2023:
- 43.2% of all websites use WordPress
- 3.8% of all websites use Shopify
- 2.5% of all websites use Wix
- 2.1% of all websites use Squarespace
- 1.8% of all websites use Joomla
- 1.2% of all websites use Drupal
- 1.1% of all websites use Adobe Systems
- 0.8% of all websites use Google Systems
- 0.7% of all websites use Bitrix
- 0.7% of all websites use PrestaShop
- 0.6% of all websites use Webflow
- 0.5% of all websites use OpenCart
The following are the market shares of the top content management systems (CMS) as of February 2023:
- WordPress has a 63.4% market share in the CMS market
- Shopify has a 5.5% market share in the CMS market
- Wix has a 3.7% market share in the CMS market
- Squarespace has a 3.1% market share in the CMS market
- Joomla has a 2.7% market share in the CMS market
- Drupal has a 1.8% market share in the CMS market
- Adobe Systems has a 1.7% market share in the CMS market
- Google Systems has a 1.2% market share in the CMS market
- Bitrix has a 1.1% market share in the CMS market
- PrestaShop has a 1.1% market share in the CMS market
- Webflow has a 0.9% market share in the CMS market
- OpenCart has a 0.8% market share in the CMS market
Sites Using Joomla
Here are some of the popular sites that are using Joomla:
- Joomla.org
- Gsas.harvard.edu
- Ikea.com
- Careersafeonline.com
- Uidai.gov.in
- Uab.edu
- Uitm.edu.my
- Jutarnji.hr
- Sch.gr
- Newsbomb.gr
- Phoca.cz
- Hnonline.sk
- Lotariasdehoy.co
- Holidayinn.com
- E-recht24.de
Conclusion
Now you know Joomla market share and usage statistics in 2024. Almost 2% of all websites use Joomla, representing a CMS market share of 2.7%.
It is one of the top CMS, however, WordPress remains to dominate the market in terms of share and usage.
The United States recorded the highest number of active websites powered by Joomla as of April 2022, with over 364,000, and Germany, with nearly 204,000.