⚡ Content Management Systems in Ethiopia

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

Ethiopia is an East African country with a population of over 127 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 64.5% of websites from Ethiopia.

Statistics based on 344 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 74.8% share.
It is followed by Drupal with 9% and Joomla with 9%.

WordPress 74.8%
Drupal 9%
Joomla 9%
K2 2.7%
Open Journal Systems 1.8%
Sitefinity 1.4%
Liferay 1.4%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.9%
Contentful 0.5%
TYPO3 0.5%
DNN 0.5%
Optimizely CMS 0.5%
Finalsite 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. K2 ^(-8)
5. Open Journal Systems ^(-24)
6. Sitefinity ^(-28)
7. Liferay ^(-18)
11. DNN ^(-2)
12. Optimizely CMS ^(-12)
13. Finalsite ^(-5)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 13 CMS platforms used on sites from Ethiopia, 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	74.8%
2	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	9%
3	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	9%
4	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and extends the default article system with a structured content framework. FreeOpen source	2.7%
5	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada An open-source software for managing and publishing peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	1.8%
6	Sitefinity Burlington, Massachusetts, United States A cloud-based, AI-powered, enterprise-grade CMS built on the .NET platform. $$$	1.4%
7	Liferay Diamond Bar, California, United States An open-source enterprise web platform for building business solutions, intranets, customer portals, and digital experiences across web and mobile channels. FreeOpen source$$$	1.4%
8	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	0.9%
9	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	0.5%
10	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	0.5%
11	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.5%
12	Optimizely CMS New York, United States A cloud-based content management system with enterprise-level features and headless delivery capabilities. $36,000+/year	0.5%
13	Finalsite Glastonbury, Connecticut, United States A cloud-based community relationship management platform for K-12 schools that combines website management, communications, and enrollment tools in a single system. $6,000+/year	0.5%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

🗃️ 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 344 websites from Ethiopia.
We currently track the presence of 291 CMS platforms across the web.
Of these, 13 were detected on websites from Ethiopia.
Statistics were last calculated on November 2, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.