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 12th among the content management systems we track.
It has 0.2% of the CMS market share and powers 0.1% of all websites.

It appears on 1.1% of all websites in Greece, 0.3% in Italy, and 0.3% in Spain.

Statistics based on 4M+ 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 4,076 websites that use the K2 CMS platform. 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 #2,047 Pakistan British English
2 dnews.gr #4,131 Greece Greek
3 urjc.es #9,212 Spain European Spanish
4 univalle.edu.co #11,365 Colombia European Spanish
5 ufcg.edu.br #13,587 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
6 ifes.edu.br #14,564 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
7 puebla.gob.mx #14,915 Mexico European Spanish
8 uoc.ac.in #16,074 India British English
9 ugto.mx #18,643 Mexico European Spanish
10 minedu.gob.bo #18,688 Bolivia European Spanish
11 tjse.jus.br #20,130 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
12 mu.ac.ke #20,152 Kenya British English
13 24.kz #21,424 Kazakhstan Russian
14 unla.edu.ar #21,699 Argentina European Spanish
15 nfu.edu.tw #21,746 Taiwan British English
16 uni.edu.pe #23,124 Peru European Spanish
17 ifsul.edu.br #28,513 Brazil Brazilian Portuguese
18 kmu.edu.tw #29,501 Taiwan Chinese
19 vesti.kg #30,033 Kyrgyzstan Russian
20 dherst.gov.pg #30,573 Papua New Guinea British English

📈 Usage Statistics

Most of the sites that use K2:

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

  • Italy 9%
  • Russia 7.1%
  • Greece 6.9%
  • Spain 6.6%
  • United States 5.8%
  • Germany 4.8%
  • United Kingdom 4.3%
  • Poland 3.7%
  • France 3.2%
  • Other 48.6%

Most K2 users speak English, Spanish, or Russian.

  • English 25.7%
  • Spanish 11.4%
  • Russian 11%
  • Italian 7.8%
  • Greek 5.8%
  • German 5.2%
  • Portuguese 4%
  • French 4%
  • Polish 3.2%
  • Other 21.9%

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

  • .com 23.5%
  • .it 6%
  • .ru 5.6%
  • .gr 5.6%
  • .org 5.2%
  • .de 3.9%
  • .net 2.8%
  • .es 2.6%
  • .pl 2.3%
  • Other 42.5%

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

  • Business 17.6%
  • Education/Reference 11.6%
  • Marketing/Merchandising 11.4%
  • Travel 7.1%
  • General News 6.1%
  • Entertainment 5.1%
  • Health 4.5%
  • Blogs/Wiki 4%
  • Internet Services 3.9%
  • Other 28.7%

🔢 K2 Versions

The most popular version of K2 is 2.10, used by 33.6% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 24.2% of sites use K2 2.11, and 11.5% use K2 2.7.

  • 2.10 33.6%
  • 2.11 24.2%
  • 2.7 11.5%
  • 2.8 9.7%
  • 2.9 9.5%
  • 2.28 4.1%
  • 2.16 2.2%
  • 2.21 1.2%
  • 2.12 0.9%
  • Other 3.1%

🕵️ 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
Drupal
Portland, Oregon, United States

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

FreeOpen source
3
Joomla
New York, United States

An open-source content management system 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 from?

K2 is from Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles.

Is K2 free?

Yes, it is a free CMS platform.
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 urjc.es.

Is K2 used on government websites?

Yes, for example, it is used by dherst.gov.pg.

Do academic institutions use K2?

Yes. The most notable of these are univalle.edu.co, ufcg.edu.br, and ifes.edu.br. 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 fairly popular CMS platform, ranking ahead of 279 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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