⚡ Content Management Systems in Nigeria

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

Nigeria is a West African country with a population of over 226 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 57.1% of websites from Nigeria.

Statistics based on 3K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 94% share.
It is followed by Joomla with 2.7% and Drupal with 1.6%.

WordPress 94%
Joomla 2.7%
Drupal 1.6%
K2 0.7%
Open Journal Systems 0.4%
Craft 0.2%
Strapi 0.2%
Payload CMS 0.1%
October CMS 0.1%
Sanity 0.1%
Finalsite 0.1%
Botble 0.1%
HubSpot CMS 0.1%
Ghost 0.1%
Osclass 0.05%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. K2 ^(-7)
5. Open Journal Systems ^(-27)
6. Craft ^(-2)
7. Strapi ^(-21)
8. Payload CMS ^(-64)
9. October CMS ^(-4)
10. Sanity ^(-5)
11. Finalsite ^(-14)
12. Botble ^(-84)
14. Ghost ^(-15)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 26 CMS platforms used on sites from Nigeria, 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%
2	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2.7%
3	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	1.6%
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	0.7%
5	Open Journal Systems Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada Open source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals. FreeOpen source	0.4%
6	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+	0.2%
7	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	0.2%
8	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	0.1%
9	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.1%
10	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	0.1%
11	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	0.1%
12	Botble Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam A commercial content management system based on the Laravel framework. $17+	0.1%
13	HubSpot CMS Cambridge, 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. Free$15+/seat/month	0.1%
14	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	0.1%
15	Osclass Chtelnica, Slovakia An open-source classifieds script used to create, manage, and scale classifieds websites. FreeOpen source	0.05%
16	Tendenci Houston, Texas, United States An open-source content management system designed for nonprofits and associations, featuring membership management, event registration, forums, photo galleries, donation and payment processing, and newsletters. FreeOpen source	0.05%
17	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	0.05%
18	Optimizely CMS New York, United States A cloud-based content management system with enterprise-level features and headless delivery capabilities. $36,000+/year	0.05%
19	Orchard Redmond, Washington, United States An open-source content management system, the predecessor to Orchard Core. FreeOpen source	0.05%
20	Mura CMS Canton, Georgia, United States A cloud-based, API-driven enterprise content management platform written in Adobe ColdFusion. $399+/year	0.05%
21	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.05%
22	Ring Publishing Berlin, Germany A cloud-based content experience platform from Ringier Axel Springer Media AG that provides a headless and hybrid CMS with integrated engagement and monetization tools for media organizations. $$$	0.05%
23	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.05%
24	Plone Fishers, Indiana, United States An open-source enterprise content management system built with Python and the Zope application server for managing scalable and content-rich websites. FreeOpen source	0.05%
25	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	0.05%

👉 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 3,202 websites from Nigeria.
We currently track the presence of 290 CMS platforms across the web.
Of these, 26 were detected on websites from Nigeria.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.