⚡ Content Management Systems in Iran

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

Iran is a Western Asian country with a population of over 89 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 59% of websites from Iran.

Statistics based on 25K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 94.4% share.
It is followed by Joomla with 3.4% and DNN with 0.8%.

WordPress 94.4%
Joomla 3.4%
DNN 0.8%
Drupal 0.7%
K2 0.5%
DataLife Engine 0.3%
Liferay 0.1%
Strapi 0.05%
Kentico 0.04%
Osclass 0.04%
Ghost 0.03%
ExpressionEngine 0.02%
Botble 0.02%
Open Journal Systems 0.02%
Question2Answer 0.02%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Joomla ^(-1)
3. DNN ^(-10)
5. K2 ^(-7)
6. DataLife Engine ^(-9)
7. Liferay ^(-18)
8. Strapi ^(-14)
9. Kentico ^(-11)
10. Osclass ^(-75)
11. Ghost ^(-16)
12. ExpressionEngine ^(-9)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 37 CMS platforms used on sites from Iran, 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	94.4%
2	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	3.4%
3	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.8%
4	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	0.7%
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	0.5%
6	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+	0.3%
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$$$	0.1%
8	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	0.05%
9	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.04%
10	Osclass Chtelnica, Slovakia An open-source PHP classifieds script for building and managing self-hosted classifieds and marketplace websites. FreeOpen source	0.04%
11	Ghost Singapore An open-source content management system built on Node.js that serves as a publishing platform for blogs, newsletters, and membership-based websites. FreeOpen source$18+/month	0.03%
12	ExpressionEngine Ormond Beach, Florida, United States An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source$249+	0.02%
13	Botble Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam A commercial content management system based on the Laravel framework. $17+	0.02%
14	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada An open-source software for managing and publishing peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	0.02%
15	Question2Answer United Kingdom A free and open-source platform for Q&A websites, running on PHP/MySQL. FreeOpen source	0.02%
16	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.02%
17	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	0.01%
18	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	0.01%
19	Sanity San Francisco, California, United States A cloud-based headless CMS that stores content as structured data in a hosted content lake and delivers it via APIs to any frontend. Free$15+/seat/month	0.01%
20	SPIP France A French open-source content management system designed for collaborative online publishing and editorial workflows. FreeOpen source	0.01%
21	Wagtail Bristol, United Kingdom An open-source content management system written in Python and built on the Django web framework. FreeOpen source	0.01%
22	Movable Type Tokyo, Japan A weblog publishing system written in Perl. FreeOpen source	0.01%
23	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+	0.007%
24	MotoCMS Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States A website builder with a simple visual drag and drop editing, eCommerce plugin, and responsive design. $15/month	0.007%
25	Bludit A lightweight, flat-file, open-source content management system developed in PHP. FreeOpen source	0.007%

🗃️ 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 25,715 websites from Iran.
We currently track the presence of 291 CMS platforms across the web.
Of these, 37 were detected on websites from Iran.
Statistics were last calculated on November 2, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.