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Mullenweg: WordPress powers over 40% of websites, ten times second-place Shopify

Matt Mullenweg · Matt Mullenweg on the future of open source and why he’s taking a stand · Mar 2, 2025 · at 10:03

Matt Mullenweg, co-creator of WordPress and CEO of Automattic, outlines the platform's global market share and dominance in content management.

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“Now WordPress has grown to be, yeah, over 40% of all websites in the world, which is 10 x to number two, which right now is Shopify.”

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The claim, plainly

WordPress powers over 40% of all websites globally, representing ten times the market share of second-place Shopify.

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Assessment

As of March 2025, standard web technology survey data from W3Techs corroborates both legs of the statement. First, WordPress powered approximately 43.4% to 43.6% of all surveyed websites globally (and ~61.7% of sites with a known CMS), exceeding the 'over 40%' threshold. Second, Shopify held second place among CMS platforms with approximately 4.7% of all surveyed websites (and 6.7% of known CMS sites). This represented a ~9.2x to 9.3x multiple, directly aligning with the speaker's conversational round approximation of '10x to number two, which right now is Shopify.' BuiltWith tracking similarly confirmed WordPress as the dominant leader followed by Shopify.

W3Techs data as of March 2025 recorded WordPress powering 43.4%–43.6% of all surveyed websites globally.
W3Techs recorded Shopify in second place among CMS platforms with a 4.7% market share of all surveyed websites (6.7% of known CMS sites), representing an approximate 9.2x–9.3x ratio compared to WordPress.
BuiltWith data for early 2025 confirmed WordPress as the top CMS (31.8M–37.5M live sites) followed by Shopify (5.8M–6.2M live sites).

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