B
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28.8%
28.8% -- ecommerce site market share for Shopify (2026-05)
Shopify holds a 28.8% share among the top one million highest-traffic ecommerce sites as of May 2026.
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Value
28.8%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026-05
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Store Leads
Primary
Tier C
https://auctionplugin.net/blog/woocommerce-vs-shopify-for-auction-sites/ ↗
Source Article
WooCommerce vs. Shopify: Which Is Better for Auctions?
Original Research
Store Leads
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Methodology
Share of the top one million highest-traffic ecommerce sites; figure repeated twice in article alongside StoreLeads May 2026 data attribution
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28% | |
| 2026-05 (current) | 28.8% | +2.9% |
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Industrymarketing
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Shopify: 28.8% ecommerce site market share. Source: Store Leads (2026-05). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/shopify-share-top-1m-ecommerce-sites
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/shopify-share-top-1m-ecommerce-sites" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>28.8%</strong> -- ecommerce site market share for Shopify<br><small>Source: Store Leads (2026-05) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/shopify-share-top-1m-ecommerce-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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