Drupal

Portland, Oregon, United States

Drupal is a modular open-source content management platform written in PHP.

It provides over 50,000 modules for adding and customizing its functionality, flexible content types, multilingual support, RESTful API integration, and built-in user roles and permissions for managing complex websites.

According to our data, Drupal is the third most popular content management system on the web.
It has 2.9% of the CMS market share and powers 1.3% of all websites.

💸 Pricing

Drupal is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 Drupal Awards

⚡ Sites Powered by Drupal

We have data on 41,548 websites that use the Drupal CMS. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using Drupal is instructure.com.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 instructure.com #52 United States English
2 irs.gov #183 United States English
3 newsweek.com #251 United States English
4 youradchoices.com #311 English
5 psychologytoday.com #419 American English
6 ec.europa.eu English
7 marksandspencer.com #470 United Kingdom British English
8 europa.eu #476 English
9 coolmathgames.com #699 English
10 argentina.gob.ar #1,062 Argentina Spanish
11 qualtrics.com #1,072 United States English
12 un.org #1,113 United States Russian
13 ny.gov #1,115 United States English
14 nsw.gov.au #1,154 Australia English
15 impots.gouv.fr #1,162 France French
16 anthology.com #1,168 English
17 house.gov #1,180 United States English
18 unesco.org #1,202 France English
19 athenahealth.com #1,235 United States American English
20 asu.edu #1,242 United States English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use Drupal:

Most of the sites using Drupal are from the United States, France, and Germany.

  • United States 18.2%
  • France 8.7%
  • Germany 7.3%
  • United Kingdom 5.7%
  • Belgium 5.4%
  • Spain 4.5%
  • Netherlands 3.7%
  • Russia 3.5%
  • Canada 3.3%
  • Other 39.7%

Most Drupal users speak English, French, or German.

  • English 50.6%
  • French 8.7%
  • German 7%
  • Spanish 5.5%
  • Dutch 5%
  • Russian 4%
  • Italian 2.3%
  • Polish 1.2%
  • Portuguese 1.1%
  • Other 14.6%

The Drupal CMS is especially popular on .com and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 27.7%
  • .org 12.8%
  • .de 4.4%
  • .fr 3.9%
  • .be 2.8%
  • .ru 2.5%
  • .nl 2.3%
  • .ca 2%
  • .net 1.9%
  • Other 39.7%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing Drupal include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 18.8%
  • Education/Reference 14.5%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 7.9%
  • Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 6.5%
  • Health 5.6%
  • Government/Military 5.3%
  • Travel 4.3%
  • Public Information 4.1%
  • Internet Services 3%
  • Other 30%

🔢 Drupal Versions

The most common version of Drupal is 10, used by 42.7% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 28.1% of sites use Drupal 7, and 14.9% use Drupal 9.

  • 10 42.7%
  • 7 28.1%
  • 9 14.9%
  • 8 9.2%
  • 11 5.6%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best Drupal alternatives.

RankName
1
WordPress
San Francisco, California, United States

A widely used open-source content management system built on PHP and MySQL.

FreeOpen source
2
Joomla
New York, United States

An open-source content management system written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
8
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+
30
SilverStripe
Wellington, New Zealand

An open-source content management system written in PHP for building content-driven websites.

FreeOpen source
279
Ingeniux CMS
Seattle, Washington, United States

A modern digital content management system that delivers content for websites, apps, and portals.

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Drupal's headquarters?

Drupal is located in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Is Drupal free?

Yes, it is a free content management system.
It is also open source and its code can be found on git.drupalcode.org.

Which country uses Drupal the most?

The majority of Drupal users are from the United States.

Who uses Drupal?

According to our data, Drupal is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as instructure.com, irs.gov, and newsweek.com.

Is Drupal used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by irs.gov, ny.gov, and nsw.gov.au. Overall, we found Drupal on 441 government sites in the United States.

Do academic institutions use Drupal?

Yes, quite a few! The most notable of these is asu.edu. In total, we know of 711 academic websites in the United States that use Drupal.

How does Drupal compare to its competitors?

Drupal is one of the most popular content management systems, second only to WordPress and Joomla.

What are the alternatives to Drupal?

Alternatives and possible competitors to Drupal may include Joomla, WordPress, and SilverStripe.

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