⚡ Content Management Systems in France

Content Management Systems (CMS) are software solutions that allow users to create, edit, and organize website content without coding, making it easier to maintain.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 58.7% of websites from France.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top CMS platforms in France in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 85.8% share.
It is followed by Drupal with 4.9% and Joomla with 3%.

WordPress 85.8%
Drupal 4.9%
Joomla 3%
SPIP 1.3%
TYPO3 1%
E-monsite 0.4%
Prismic 0.2%
eZ Publish 0.2%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.2%
HubSpot CMS 0.2%
Contao 0.2%
Contentful 0.1%
Mastodon 0.1%
Sitecore 0.1%
Other 2.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Drupal ^(-1)
4. SPIP ^(-29)
6. E-monsite ^(-68)
7. Prismic ^(-22)
8. eZ Publish ^(-63)
13. Mastodon ^(-37)
15. Ibexa DXP ^(-68)
16. CMS Made Simple ^(-22)
17. Pimcore ^(-14)
18. Plone ^(-24)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 118 CMS platforms used on sites from France, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	WordPressSan Francisco, California, United States A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.	85.8%
2	DrupalPortland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP.	4.9%
3	JoomlaNew York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP.	3%
4	SPIP French content management system designed for online collaborative editing.	1.3%
5	TYPO3Düsseldorf, Germany An open-source enterprise content management system written in PHP that supports multisite and multilingual installations and has a large extension repository.	1%
6	E-monsiteAmiens, France A French website builder that allows users to create free or professional websites, online stores and blogs.	0.4%
7	PrismicCambridge, Massachusetts, United States A headless CMS and page builder for Next.js, Nuxt, and SvelteKit sites.	0.2%
8	eZ PublishPorsgrunn, Norway A discontinued PHP application framework with advanced CMS functionality, the predecessor of Ibexa DXP.	0.2%
9	Adobe Experience ManagerSan Jose, California, United States A software solution that's equal part content management system and digital asset management system.	0.2%
10	HubSpot CMSCambridge, 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.	0.2%
11	ContaoLyss, Switzerland An open-source content management system built with PHP, Symfony, and MySQL.	0.2%
12	ContentfulBerlin, Germany A commercial, cloud-based, headless content management system that structures content for use across multiple digital platforms via APIs.	0.1%
13	MastodonBerlin, Germany Free and open-source software for running self-hosted social networking services based on the ActivityPub protocol.	0.1%
14	SitecoreSan Francisco, California, United States An enterprise CMS built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server.	0.1%
15	Ibexa DXPOslo, Norway A technology platform that empowers businesses to create and manage content, deliver it across multiple channels, and personalize the customer experience.	0.1%
16	CMS Made Simple An open source, modular, enterprise-level CMS written in PHP.	0.1%
17	PimcoreSalzburg, Austria An open source enterprise platform that includes PIM, MDM, CDP, DAM, DXP/CMS, and digital commerce.	0.1%
18	PloneFishers, Indiana, United States An open source enterprise content management system written in Python and JavaScript.	0.1%
19	DataLife EngineKrasnoyarsk, Russia A Russian commercial CMS based on PHP and MySQL.	0.1%
20	DNNAustin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server.	0.09%
21	DotclearFrance A PHP-based open-source web publishing software developed in France.	0.09%
22	LiferayDiamond Bar, California, United States An open source enterprise web platform for building business solutions.	0.08%
23	CraftBend, 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.	0.08%
24	HapiParis, France A web solution dedicated to the hotel sector that is developed by the French company MMCréation.	0.08%
25	GhostSingapore An open source content management system built on Node.js.	0.07%

Data updated September 28, 2025

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