Microsoft Word
Microsoft, Redmond, Washington, United StatesMicrosoft Word is a word processing program developed by Microsoft and included in the 
Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 suites for creating, editing, and formatting text documents.
It provides rich text editing with advanced formatting, templates and styles, spell check and grammar assistance, tables and graphics insertion, document layout controls, and collaboration features such as real-time co-authoring and comments.
According to our data, Microsoft Word is the 5th most popular document editor on the web.
It has 5.4% of the document editor market share and is detected on 0.02% of all websites.
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Wikipedia📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Document Editors
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 5.4%
- HTML Editors
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 3.4%
Shopify🏆 Microsoft Word Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the HTML Editors category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Document Editors category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Germany in the HTML Editors category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the Document Editors category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United Kingdom in the HTML Editors category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in the United States in the Document Editors category.
⚡ Sites Built With Microsoft Word
We have data on 920 websites that use the Microsoft Word document editor. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Microsoft Word is dhi-edu.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #57,724 | English | ||
| 2 | #83,577 | Canada | English | |
| 3 | #94,616 | United States | English | |
| 4 | #111,263 | English | ||
| 5 | #114,701 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 6 | #118,057 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 7 | #135,936 | United States | English | |
| 8 | #139,350 | United States | English | |
| 9 | #157,140 | United States | English | |
| 10 | #171,640 | Finland | Finnish | |
| 11 | #194,709 | French | ||
| 12 | #199,467 | Norway | English | |
| 13 | #205,257 | United States | American English | |
| 14 | #207,955 | United States | English | |
| 15 | #222,845 | Netherlands | Dutch | |
| 16 | #226,222 | India | English | |
| 17 | #235,664 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 18 | #241,933 | United States | English | |
| 19 | #243,923 | Canada | English | |
| 20 | #246,416 | Japan | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Microsoft Word:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Education/Reference category.
Most of the sites using Microsoft Word are from the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
- United States 28.8%
- Germany 8%
- United Kingdom 6.1%
- Netherlands 4.5%
- Italy 4.4%
- France 3.6%
- Australia 3.2%
- Russia 3.1%
- Japan 3%
- Other 35.3%
Most Microsoft Word users speak English, German, or French.
- English 53.8%
- German 8.1%
- French 4.3%
- Spanish 4.1%
- Italian 3.4%
- Dutch 3.4%
- Russian 3.2%
- Portuguese 2.8%
- Japanese 2.6%
- Other 14.3%
The Microsoft Word document editor is especially popular on .com, .org, and .net top-level domains.
- .com 37.8%
- .org 10.9%
- .net 6.5%
- .de 5.7%
- .nl 2.8%
- .ru 2.7%
- .it 2.4%
- .com.br 2.1%
- .co.uk 1.8%
- Other 27.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Microsoft Word include education and reference, marketing and merchandising, and business.
- Education/Reference 15.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 12.6%
- Business 11%
- Entertainment 5.5%
- Personal Pages 5.5%
- Non-Profit/Advocacy/NGO 4.7%
- Public Information 3.9%
- Blogs/Wiki 3.9%
- Sports 3.9%
- Other 33.3%
🔢 Microsoft Word Versions
The most common version of Microsoft Word is 15, used by 40.5% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 14.1% of sites use Microsoft Word 12, and 13.4% use Microsoft Word 14.
- 15 40.5%
- 12 14.1%
- 14 13.4%
- 11 12%
- 9 7.6%
- 10 5.9%
- 97 5.1%
- 2008 1.7%
- 81.2 0.1%
- 98 0.1%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Microsoft Word?
Microsoft Word is owned by Microsoft Corporation, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, United States.
Which country uses Microsoft Word the most?
The majority of Microsoft Word users are from the United States.
Who uses Microsoft Word?
According to our data, Microsoft Word is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as dhi-edu.com,
bible.ca, and
jnjonlineauction.com.
How does Microsoft Word stack up against the competition?
Microsoft Word is a moderately popular document editor, ranking ahead of 3 other document editors we track.
What are the alternatives to Microsoft Word?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Microsoft Word may include Microsoft Office, 
OpenOffice, and 
LibreOffice.
👉 See Also
Microsoft Bookings
Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft SharePoint
Microsoft Teams🗃️ 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 3,861,081 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.
