Joomla
Joomla is an open-source content management system written in 
PHP.
It offers a flexible extension system with over 4,000 extensions, a template-driven architecture, access control levels, built-in multilingual support, and tools for content versioning and SEO management.
According to our data, Joomla is the third most popular content management system on the web.
It has 2.9% of the CMS market share and powers 1.2% of all websites.
It is especially popular in Greece, appearing on 6.3% of all websites in the country.
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Joomla is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- CMS
- Rank: 3
- Market share: 2.9%
🏆 Joomla Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Italy in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the United Kingdom in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Poland in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Spain in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Greece in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Ukraine in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in the Czech Republic in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Hungary in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Brazil in the CMS category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Portugal in the CMS category.
⚡ Sites Powered by Joomla
We have data on 49,401 websites that use the Joomla CMS platform. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Joomla is jutarnji.hr.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #657 | Croatia | Croatian | |
| 2 | #1,875 | Colombia | European Spanish | |
| 3 | #2,047 | Pakistan | British English | |
| 4 | #2,587 | Kenya | British English | |
| 5 | #3,187 | Croatia | Croatian | |
| 6 | #3,194 | United Kingdom | British English | |
| 7 | #3,894 | Greece | Greek | |
| 8 | #4,131 | Greece | Greek | |
| 9 | #4,758 | Malaysia | Malay | |
| 10 | #4,813 | Portugal | European Portuguese | |
| 11 | #5,118 | Ukraine | Ukrainian | |
| 12 | #5,931 | Argentina | European Spanish | |
| 13 | #6,356 | Kenya | English | |
| 14 | #7,027 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 15 | #8,036 | Greece | Greek | |
| 16 | #8,290 | Philippines | English | |
| 17 | #8,359 | Malaysia | British English | |
| 18 | #8,870 | Greece | Greek | |
| 19 | #9,028 | Brazil | Brazilian Portuguese | |
| 20 | #9,167 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Joomla:
- are located in Germany
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Business category.
Most of the sites using Joomla are from Germany, the United States, and Italy.
- Germany 12.1%
- United States 8.9%
- Italy 6.8%
- Russia 6.7%
- United Kingdom 6%
- Poland 4.8%
- Spain 4.5%
- France 3.9%
- Greece 3.2%
- Other 43.1%
Most Joomla users speak English, German, or Russian.
- English 30.4%
- German 14.2%
- Russian 8.9%
- Spanish 6.5%
- Italian 5.9%
- French 4.9%
- Polish 4.5%
- Dutch 2.7%
- Portuguese 2.7%
- Other 19.3%
The Joomla CMS platform is especially popular on .com, .de, and .org top-level domains.
- .com 23.3%
- .de 9.9%
- .org 6.9%
- .ru 5.5%
- .it 4.4%
- .pl 3.4%
- .net 2.5%
- .gr 2.3%
- .fr 2%
- Other 39.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Joomla include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.
- Business 18%
- Education/Reference 11.5%
- Marketing/Merchandising 11.2%
- Travel 6.2%
- Health 4.8%
- Internet Services 3.9%
- Sports 3.8%
- Entertainment 3.6%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 3.6%
- Other 33.4%
🔢 Joomla Versions
The most popular version of Joomla is 2.5, used by 56.8% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 37.8% of sites use Joomla 1.5, and 4.6% use Joomla 1.6.
- 2.5 56.8%
- 1.5 37.8%
- 1.6 4.6%
- 4.3 0.5%
- 4.4 0.3%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Where is Joomla from?
Joomla is from New York, United States.
Can I use Joomla for free?
Yes, it is a free CMS platform.
It is also an open-source solution and its code can be found on 
GitHub.
Which country uses Joomla the most?
The majority of Joomla users are from Germany.
Who uses Joomla?
According to our data, Joomla is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as jutarnji.hr,
unad.edu.co, and
pitc.com.pk.
Is Joomla used on government websites?
Yes, for example, it is used by eghrmis.gov.my,
detran.rj.gov.br, and
dost.gov.ph. In total, we found Joomla on 33 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Joomla?
Yes. The most prominent of these are unad.edu.co,
utn.edu.ar, and
uum.edu.my. Overall, we know of 26 academic websites in the United States that use Joomla.
How does Joomla stack up against the competition?
What are the alternatives to Joomla?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Joomla may include 
Drupal, 
WordPress, and 
SilverStripe.
Composer🗃️ 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 3,953,682 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.