K2

Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles

K2 is a Joomla content management extension that replaces and extends the default article system with a structured content framework.

It provides extended item forms with fields for images, videos, galleries, and file attachments, nested categories, tagging, comments with spam filtering, a built-in media manager, and automatic resizing of uploaded images into six configurable sizes.

The extension includes a templating system with item and category layouts and extra fields that allow defining structured content types such as catalogs, directories, and portfolios without requiring custom development.

According to our data, K2 ranks 11th among the content management systems we track.
It has 0.3% of the CMS market share and powers 0.1% of all websites.

Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data

💸 Pricing

K2 is available for free.

Free ✔️Open source

📊 Rankings and Market Share

🏆 K2 Awards

⚡ Sites Powered by K2

We have data on 4,007 websites that use the K2 CMS. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.

The highest rated site using K2 is pitc.com.pk.

#WebsiteRankCountryLanguage
1 pitc.com.pk #2,744 Pakistan British English
2 dnews.gr #9,839 Greece Greek
3 univalle.edu.co #12,671 Colombia European Spanish
4 puebla.gob.mx #14,364 Mexico European Spanish
5 minedu.gob.bo #14,754 Bolivia European Spanish
6 urjc.es #16,597 Spain European Spanish
7 uni.edu.pe #17,339 Peru European Spanish
8 uoc.ac.in #17,946 India British English
9 ifes.edu.br #18,031 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
10 ugto.mx #20,963 Mexico European Spanish
11 aguilas.com #20,990 Spanish
12 uniosun.edu.ng #22,884 Nigeria British English
13 ifsul.edu.br #23,008 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
14 mu.ac.ke #26,711 Kenya British English
15 nfu.edu.tw #27,772 Taiwan British English
16 tjse.jus.br #28,110 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
17 nationalopera.gr #28,801 Greece Greek
18 brunoespiao.com.br #38,085 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
19 fighttime.ru #38,380 Russia Russian
20 kmu.edu.tw #40,926 Taiwan Chinese

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use K2:

Most of the sites using K2 are from Italy, the United States, and Greece.

  • Italy 9.4%
  • United States 8%
  • Greece 6.7%
  • Germany 6.1%
  • Spain 6%
  • Russia 5.6%
  • United Kingdom 4.4%
  • Poland 3.4%
  • Ukraine 3%
  • Other 47.4%

Most K2 users speak English, Spanish, or Russian.

  • English 27.9%
  • Spanish 11.2%
  • Russian 9.2%
  • Italian 8.2%
  • German 6.4%
  • Greek 5.5%
  • French 3.7%
  • Portuguese 3.6%
  • Polish 3%
  • Other 21.3%

The K2 CMS is especially popular on .com, .it, and .org top-level domains.

  • .com 24.9%
  • .it 6.3%
  • .org 5.5%
  • .gr 5.4%
  • .de 4.7%
  • .ru 4.4%
  • .net 3%
  • .es 2.4%
  • .pl 2.2%
  • Other 41.2%

The primary market segments for websites utilizing K2 include business, education and reference, and marketing and merchandising.

  • Business 18.3%
  • Education/Reference 12.2%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 11.4%
  • Travel 6.7%
  • General News 6.1%
  • Entertainment 4.8%
  • Internet Services 4.3%
  • Blogs/Wiki 4.2%
  • Health 3.6%
  • Other 28.4%

🔢 K2 Versions

The most popular version of K2 is 2.10, used by 36.2% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 28.5% of sites use K2 2.11, and 11.7% use K2 2.7.

  • 2.10 36.2%
  • 2.11 28.5%
  • 2.7 11.7%
  • 2.9 9.7%
  • 2.8 9.6%
  • 2.16 1.7%
  • 2.12 0.8%
  • 2.21 0.6%
  • 2.14 0.5%
  • Other 0.7%

🕵️ Similar Technologies

These are some of the best K2 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
3
Drupal
Portland, Oregon, United States

A modular open-source content management platform written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
6
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
7
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

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💬 Frequently Asked Questions

Where is K2's headquarters?

K2 is located in Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.

Is K2 free?

Yes, it is a free CMS.
It is also an open-source solution, and its code is available on GitHub.

Which country uses K2 the most?

The majority of K2 users are from Italy.

Who uses K2?

According to our data, K2 is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as pitc.com.pk, dnews.gr, and univalle.edu.co.

Do academic institutions use K2?

Yes. The most notable of these are univalle.edu.co, uni.edu.pe, and uoc.ac.in. In total, we know of 2 academic websites in the United States that use K2.

How does K2 stack up against its competitors?

K2 is a very popular CMS, second only to 10 other content management systems we track.

What are the alternatives to K2?

Alternatives and possible competitors to K2 may include Joomla, WordPress, and Drupal.

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