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Jacobi: Joomla powers over 3% of the global internet, second to WordPress

Robert Jacobi · 1146 How Joomla Pays Bills With $0 Revenue, Opensourced · Sep 13, 2018 · at 2:09

Robert Jacobi, president of Joomla, discusses the global adoption and market position of the open-source CMS with Nathan Latka.

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“But as a whole, Joomla runs over three percent of the entire global internet. So it's actually only second to WordPress.”

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The claim, plainly

As of September 2018, Joomla powers over 3% of all websites on the internet and ranks second in CMS market share behind WordPress.

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Assessment

Historical telemetry data from W3Techs confirms both assertions made in the claim as of September 2018. Throughout 2018, Joomla powered between 3.0% and 3.2% of all surveyed websites (3.2% on January 1, 2018, and 3.0% on January 1, 2019). Furthermore, W3Techs reports from September 2018 confirmed that Joomla held the second-largest market share among content management systems globally, trailing only WordPress (#1) and ranking ahead of Drupal (#3).

W3Techs historical data shows Joomla powered 3.2% of surveyed websites on January 1, 2018, and 3.0% on January 1, 2019, hovering between 3.0% and 3.2% during 2018.
A W3Techs report published on September 11, 2018, confirmed the top CMS hierarchy as WordPress (#1), Joomla (#2), Drupal (#3), and Squarespace (#4).

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[1] w3techs.com [2] w3techs.com [3] w3techs.com

"w3techs.com" "Joomla" "September 2018" OR "1 September 2018" OR "September 13, 2018" "3." site:w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all "2018" Joomla "W3Techs" "Joomla" "September 2018" OR "September 1, 2018" CMS market share

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