C
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6.8%
6.8% -- cms market share for Shopify (2026)
Shopify is used by 6.8% of all websites with a detectable CMS, making it the second most popular CMS by market share.
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Value
6.8%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
C
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
50
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
86
Sources (3)
W3Techs
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Tier A
https://blog.hubspot.com/website/best-cms-systems ↗
Source Article
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3.3% | |
| 2021 | 3.2% | -3.0% |
| 2024-01 | 6% | +87.5% |
| 2025 | 6.5% | +8.3% |
| 2025-01 | 6.7% | +3.1% |
| 2026 (current) | 6.8% | +1.5% |
| 2026 (current) | 6% | -11.8% |
| 2026-06 | 5% | -16.7% |
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Shopify: 6.8% cms market share. Source: W3Techs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/shopify-market-share
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