⚡ Content Management Systems in Kenya

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

Kenya is an East African country with a population of over 55 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 64.2% of websites from Kenya.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 86.6% share.
It is followed by Joomla with 6.1% and Drupal with 5.5%.

WordPress 86.6%
Joomla 6.1%
Drupal 5.5%
K2 0.6%
Wagtail 0.4%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.3%
Optimizely CMS 0.2%
October CMS 0.2%
TYPO3 0.1%
PyroCMS 0.07%
CushyCMS 0.07%
Amadeus Web Solutions 0.07%
Botble 0.07%
Open Journal Systems 0.07%
Kentico 0.07%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. K2 ^(-7)
5. Wagtail ^(-32)
6. Adobe Experience Manager ^(-1)
7. Optimizely CMS ^(-14)
8. October CMS ^(-5)
10. PyroCMS ^(-92)
11. CushyCMS ^(-104)
12. Amadeus Web Solutions ^(-85)
13. Botble ^(-82)
14. Open Journal Systems ^(-18)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 24 CMS platforms used on sites from Kenya, 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	86.6%
2	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	6.1%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	5.5%
4	K2 Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles A Joomla content management extension that replaces and enhances the default article system. FreeOpen source	0.6%
5	Wagtail Bristol, United Kingdom An open-source CMS written in Python and built on the Django web framework. FreeOpen source	0.4%
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	0.3%
7	Optimizely CMS New York, United States A cloud-based content management system with enterprise-level features and headless delivery capabilities. $36,000+/year	0.2%
8	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.2%
9	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	0.1%
10	PyroCMS New York, United States A modular open source content management system built with PHP and Laravel. FreeOpen source	0.07%
11	CushyCMS Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A content management system that doesn't require installation and allows users to define editable website areas and edit them with a WYSIWYG editor. Free$28/month	0.07%
12	Amadeus Web Solutions Madrid, Spain A platform for hoteliers to build and manage their website.	0.07%
13	Botble Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam A commercial content management system based on the Laravel framework. $17+	0.07%
14	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Open source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	0.07%
15	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.07%
16	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. 6,990 RUB+	0.07%
17	Concrete CMS Portland, Oregon, United States An open-source content management system built with PHP and MySQL that combines in-context editing and modular page building. FreeOpen source	0.07%
18	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	0.07%
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	0.07%
20	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	0.07%
21	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+	0.07%
22	WordPress VIP San Francisco, California, United States A fully hosted enterprise solution based on WordPress, designed to support high-traffic websites with enhanced performance, security, and scalability. $25,000+/year	0.07%
23	Sitefinity Burlington, Massachusetts, United States A cloud-based, AI-powered, enterprise-grade CMS built on .NET technology. $$$	0.07%
24	Lodgify Website Builder Barcelona, Spain Designed specifically for vacation rentals and hotels and includes SEO friendly templates in over 30 languages and Lodgify booking engine integration. $20+/month	0.07%

👉 See Also

🌎 CMS in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 2,169 websites from Kenya.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.