⚡ Content Management Systems in Iraq

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

Iraq is a Western Asian country with a population of over 45 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 41.8% of websites from Iraq.

Statistics based on 486 analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 81.8% share.
It is followed by Drupal with 5.4% and Joomla with 4.9%.

WordPress 81.8%
Drupal 5.4%
Joomla 4.9%
Open Journal Systems 3.4%
K2 2.5%
Adobe Experience Manager 1%
DataLife Engine 1%
Microsoft SharePoint 0.5%
Payload CMS 0.5%
Wagtail 0.5%
ExpressionEngine 0.5%
Botble 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Drupal ^(-1)
4. Open Journal Systems ^(-28)
5. K2 ^(-6)
6. Adobe Experience Manager ^(-1)
7. DataLife Engine ^(-7)
8. Microsoft SharePoint ^(-31)
9. Payload CMS ^(-63)
10. Wagtail ^(-27)
11. ExpressionEngine ^(-7)
12. Botble ^(-84)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 12 CMS platforms used on sites from Iraq, 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	81.8%
2	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	5.4%
3	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	4.9%
4	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Open source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	3.4%
5	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and extends the default article system with a structured content framework. FreeOpen source	2.5%
6	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%
7	DataLife Engine Krasnoyarsk, Russia A Russian commercial content management system built on PHP with MySQL that is primarily used for managing and publishing news, blogs, and informational sites. 7,990 RUB+	1%
8	Microsoft SharePoint Redmond, Washington, United States A cloud-based collaboration and content management service that enables organizations to store, share, and manage documents, knowledge, and internal websites within the Microsoft 365 ecosystem. $5+/user/month	0.5%
9	Payload CMS San Francisco, California, United States An open-source application framework and headless CMS built with Next.js that supports both self-hosting and cloud deployment. FreeOpen source	0.5%
10	Wagtail Bristol, United Kingdom An open-source CMS written in Python and built on the Django web framework. FreeOpen source	0.5%
11	ExpressionEngine Ormond Beach, Florida, United States An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source$249+	0.5%
12	Botble Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam A commercial content management system based on the Laravel framework. $17+	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 486 websites from Iraq.
We currently track the presence of 290 CMS platforms across the web.
Of these, 12 were detected on websites from Iraq.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.