⚡ Content Management Systems in China

Content Management Systems (CMS) are software solutions that allow users to create, edit, and organize website content without coding, simplifying ongoing website maintenance.

China is an East Asian country with a population of around 1.4 billion people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 7.5% of websites from China.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top CMS platforms in China in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 78.5% share.
It is followed by Z-BlogPHP with 10.4% and Drupal with 2.6%.

WordPress 78.5%
Z-BlogPHP 10.4%
Drupal 2.6%
Adobe Experience Manager 1.8%
Joomla 1.4%
TYPO3 0.6%
Youdian CMS 0.4%
Sitecore 0.4%
Strapi 0.3%
Ghost 0.3%
Contentful 0.2%
ThinkCMF 0.2%
DNN 0.2%
Gnuboard 0.2%
Other 2.5%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in China than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Z-BlogPHP ^(-41)
4. Adobe Experience Manager ^(-3)
7. Youdian CMS ^(-220)
8. Sitecore ^(-8)
9. Strapi ^(-19)
10. Ghost ^(-19)
12. ThinkCMF ^(-234)
14. Gnuboard ^(-6)
17. Halo ^(-240)
18. Optimizely CMS ^(-3)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 80 CMS platforms used on sites from China, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WordPress San Francisco, California, United States A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source	78.5%
2	Z-BlogPHP A Chinese open source blogging content management system developed with PHP. FreeOpen source	10.4%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2.6%
4	Adobe Experience Manager San Jose, California, United States A software solution that's equal part content management system and digital asset management system. $50,000+/year	1.8%
5	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	1.4%
6	TYPO3 Düsseldorf, Germany An open-source enterprise content management system written in PHP that supports multisite and multilingual installations and has a large extension repository. FreeOpen source	0.6%
7	Youdian CMS	0.4%
8	Sitecore San Francisco, California, United States An enterprise CMS built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server that manages, delivers, and optimizes digital content and experiences across multiple channels. $40,000+/year	0.4%
9	Strapi San Francisco, California, United States An open-source headless CMS built with Node.js and TypeScript that connects to various databases and frontend frameworks. FreeOpen source$45+/month	0.3%
10	Ghost Singapore An open-source content management system built on Node.js. FreeOpen source$11+/month	0.3%
11	Contentful Berlin, Germany A commercial, cloud-based, headless content management system that structures content for use across multiple digital platforms via APIs. Free$300+/month	0.2%
12	ThinkCMF	0.2%
13	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.2%
14	Gnuboard Seoul, Korea A PHP-based open-source bulletin board system and content management solution from South Korea that lets sites run discussion forums, community pages, and article boards on the LAMP stack. FreeOpen source	0.2%
15	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and enhances the default article system. FreeOpen source	0.2%
16	HubSpot CMS Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A hosted platform for building websites, blogs, landing pages, apps, and emails that integrates tightly with HubSpot CRM and other marketing tools. Free$15+/seat/month	0.2%
17	Halo	0.1%
18	Optimizely CMS New York, United States A cloud-based content management system with enterprise-level features and headless delivery capabilities. $36,000+/year	0.1%
19	OpenCms Cologne, Germany An open source content management system based on Java and XML. FreeOpen source	0.1%
20	Z-Blog A Chinese open source blogging content management system developed with Classic ASP. FreeOpen source	0.1%
21	Magnolia Münchenstein, Switzerland An enterprise content management system that's built for demanding multi-channel, multi-language and multi-site digital experience scenarios. FreeOpen source$3,500+/month	0.1%
22	Prismic Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A headless CMS and page builder for Next.js, Nuxt, and SvelteKit sites. Free$180+/month	0.1%
23	Liferay Diamond Bar, California, United States An open-source enterprise web platform for building business solutions, intranets, customer portals, and digital experiences across web and mobile channels. FreeOpen source$$$	0.08%
24	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.08%
25	Craft Bend, Oregon, United States A flexible open-source content management system written in PHP that supports MySQL or PostgreSQL databases and is built on the Yii framework. Free$279+	0.08%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 82,655 websites from China.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.