⚡ Content Management Systems in the United States

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

The United States of America (USA) is a North American country with a population of over 341 million people.

According to our research, content management systems are used on 45.2% of websites from the United States.

Statistics based on 629K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is WordPress, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 84.4% share.
It is followed by Drupal with 2.8% and Joomla with 1.5%.

WordPress 84.4%
Drupal 2.8%
Joomla 1.5%
HubSpot CMS 0.9%
CivicPlus Municipal Websites 0.6%
DNN 0.6%
Craft 0.6%
Finalsite 0.6%
Adobe Experience Manager 0.6%
Contentful 0.5%
WordPress VIP 0.5%
Sanity 0.5%
October CMS 0.5%
iMatrix 0.4%
Other 5%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. HubSpot CMS ^(-2)
5. CivicPlus Municipal Websites ^(-24)
6. DNN ^(-7)
7. Craft ^(-1)
8. Finalsite ^(-14)
11. WordPress VIP ^(-13)
13. October CMS ^(-1)
14. iMatrix ^(-25)
15. Blox CMS ^(-30)
17. Kentico ^(-2)

✨ Best CMS Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 221 CMS platforms used on sites from the United States, 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	84.4%
2	Drupal Portland, Oregon, United States A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP. FreeOpen source	2.8%
3	Joomla New York, United States An open-source content management system written in PHP. FreeOpen source	1.5%
4	HubSpot CMS Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States A hosted platform for building websites, blogs, landing pages, apps, and emails that integrates tightly with and other marketing tools. Free$15+/seat/month	0.9%
5	CivicPlus Municipal Websites Manhattan, Kansas, United States A content management system designed specifically for local government websites. $$$	0.6%
6	DNN Austin, Texas, United States A free and open-source content management system based on .NET and MS SQL Server. FreeOpen source	0.6%
7	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+	0.6%
8	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	0.6%
9	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	0.6%
10	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	0.5%
11	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	0.5%
12	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	0.5%
13	October CMS Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia A self-hosted, open-source content management system built on the Laravel PHP framework. Free$39	0.5%
14	iMatrix El Segundo, California, United States A healthcare marketing and practice growth platform that provides websites, digital advertising, and patient communication tools for chiropractic, veterinary, optometry, and wellness practices. $99+/month	0.4%
15	Blox CMS East Moline, Illinois, United States A content management system built for media and news organizations to manage high-volume publishing, newsroom workflows, and multi-channel content distribution. $$$	0.3%
16	Sitecore San Francisco, California, United States An enterprise CMS built on ASP.NET Core and Microsoft SQL Server that manages, delivers, and optimizes digital content and experiences across multiple channels. $40,000+/year	0.3%
17	Kentico Brno, Czech Republic A commercial content management system built on ASP.NET and Microsoft SQL Server. $1,050+/month	0.3%
18	ExpressionEngine Ormond Beach, Florida, United States An open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL. FreeOpen source$249+	0.3%
19	Sitefinity Burlington, Massachusetts, United States A cloud-based, AI-powered, enterprise-grade CMS built on .NET technology. $$$	0.3%
20	SpotHopper Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States An all-in-one marketing and revenue platform built specifically for restaurants that combines website creation, SEO, online ordering, reservations, and automated marketing tools. $249+/month	0.2%
21	Revize eGov CMS Troy, Michigan, United States A cloud-based content management system designed specifically for government websites.	0.2%
22	ParentSquare Goleta, California, United States A unified K-12 communication and content management platform that enables schools and districts to manage websites and deliver messages to families through multiple channels. $3,000+/year	0.2%
23	Edlio CMS Glendale, California, United States A content management system for K-12 schools and districts that is packed with features designed specifically for teachers and school administrators. $$$	0.2%
24	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	0.2%
25	BentoBox New York, United States A digital marketing and commerce platform built specifically for restaurants that combines website management, online ordering, reservations, and guest engagement tools in a unified system. $119+/month	0.2%

👉 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 629,877 websites from the United States.
We currently track the presence of 290 CMS platforms across the web.
Of these, 221 were detected on websites from the United States.
Statistics were last calculated on August 25, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.