⚡ Classified Ads

Classified ads software enables users to publish, browse, and manage online listings for products and services in categorized directories.

These platforms typically support location-based search, paid or featured listings, seller ratings and reviews, photo and video galleries, and integrated maps and payment systems.

According to our data, classified ads software is used on 0.1% of all websites.
99.4% of these sites use only one classified ads software solution, 0.6% use two.

Statistics based on 3.6M+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the leading classified ads software in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is GeoDirectory with a share of 30%, followed by Directorist with 18.3% and ClassiPress with 9.6%.

GeoDirectory 30%
Directorist 18.3%
ClassiPress 9.6%
AWP Classifieds 7.2%
Osclass 6.3%
Avito 6.2%
Classified Listing 4.5%
HivePress 4.4%
Craigslist 3.7%
DJ-Classifieds 2.6%
WPAdverts 2.5%
Marktplaats 2%
Motors 1.3%
Flynax 1.2%
Other 0.1%

You can also drill down by country:

🚀 Country Highlights

Here is a list of solutions that is especially popular in certain countries.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

Avito is #1 in Russia ^(-5)
ClassiPress is #1 in Turkey ^(-2)
Marktplaats is #1 in the Netherlands ^(-11)
Osclass is #1 in India ^(-4)
AWP Classifieds is #2 in Italy ^(-2)
DJ-Classifieds is #2 in Iran ^(-8)
Craigslist is #3 in the United States ^(-6)
HivePress is #3 in South Africa ^(-5)
Classified Listing is #5 in France ^(-2)

✨ Best Classified Ads Software

Below is a more detailed list of 15 classified ads software solutions we track, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	GeoDirectory Downpatrick, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom A WordPress plugin for building business directories, classifieds, review websites, and location-based listing platforms. FreeOpen source$229/year	30%
2	Directorist Dhaka, Bangladesh A WordPress plugin for building business directories, classifieds, and listing websites with AI-assisted content and directory management tools. FreeOpen source$134/year	18.3%
3	ClassiPress San Francisco, California, United States A paid WordPress theme designed for building classified ads websites with built-in listing management and monetization features. $69	9.6%
4	AWP Classifieds Riverton, Utah, United States A plugin used to add classifieds functionality to WordPress websites. FreeOpen source$49.50+/year	7.2%
5	Osclass Chtelnica, Slovakia An open-source PHP classifieds script for building and managing self-hosted classifieds and marketplace websites. FreeOpen source	6.3%
6	Avito Moscow, Russia A Russian online classifieds marketplace for buying and selling consumer goods, vehicles, real estate, jobs, and local services. Free$$$	6.2%
7	Classified Listing Dhaka, Bangladesh A WordPress plugin used to create a classified ads, business directory and members directory websites. FreeOpen source$44/year	4.5%
8	HivePress Warsaw, Poland A free multi-purpose WordPress plugin for building directory, marketplace and classifieds websites. FreeOpen source$69+	4.4%
9	Craigslist San Francisco, California, United States An online platform featuring local classified advertisements and community forums, organized by geographic location and category for goods, services, jobs, housing, and discussions.	3.7%
10	DJ-Classifieds Gowino, Pomorskie, Poland A classifieds extension for Joomla that allows you to create your own classifieds ads website, business directory or any other listing platform. €79+	2.6%
11	WPAdverts Krakow, Poland A WordPress classifieds plugin available in free and paid versions. FreeOpen source$59+/year	2.5%
12	Marktplaats Amsterdam, Netherlands A Dutch classified advertising website and online marketplace for buying and selling new and used goods.	2%
13	Motors Dubai, United Arab Emirates A car dealership and car listings plugin for WordPress. FreeOpen source$49+/year	1.3%
14	Flynax Sunny Isles, Florida, United States A commercial PHP script for creating classified ad websites with premium themes, plugins and native mobile apps available for an additional fee. $95+	1.2%
15	Facebook Marketplace Menlo Park, California, United States A digital marketplace within the Facebook platform where users can buy and sell items.	0.8%

👉 See Also

⚡Online classifieds marketplaces

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 3,629,123 websites.
We currently track the presence of 15 classified ads software solutions across the web.
Statistics were last calculated on August 13, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.