Now wordpress takend 25 % of market share as per Web technology surveys http://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y
In 2003 Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little fork b2 and created WordPress.
As wordpress freelancer we seen tremendous growth in wordpress usage since 2011.
Three main aspect of wordpress is Its Lightweight, Simple User & SEO friendly.
Historical yearly trends in the usage of content management systems for websites
This report shows the historical trends in the usage of content management since January 2011.
| 2011 1 Jan |
2012 1 Jan |
2013 1 Jan |
2014 1 Jan |
2015 1 Jan |
2015 9 Nov |
|
| None | 76.4% | 71.0% | 68.2% | 64.8% | 61.7% | 57.4% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress | 13.1% | 15.8% | 17.4% | 21.0% | 23.3% | 25.0% |
| Joomla | 2.6% | 2.8% | 2.8% | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.8% |
| Drupal | 1.4% | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1.9% | 2.0% | 2.1% |
| Magento | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | |||
| Blogger | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| TYPO3 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Adobe Dreamweaver | 0.6% | |||||
| PrestaShop | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | ||
| Bitrix | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| FrontPage | 0.4% | |||||
| OpenCart | 0.3% | 0.4% | ||||
Shopify  |
0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |||
| vBulletin | 1.4% | 1.3% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| Squarespace | <0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| DataLife Engine | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| DotNetNuke | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| ExpressionEngine | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| phpBB | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| Discuz! | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% |
| osCommerce | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |
| Bigcommerce | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||||
| Wix | <0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| Weebly |
<0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | ||
| SharePoint | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
| uCoz | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| GitHub Pages | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| Zen Cart | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||||
| XenForo | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| Tumblr | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Simple Machines Forum | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Telerik Sitefinity | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Volusion | 0.1% | |||||
| Concrete5 | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Contao | <0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Duda |
0.1% | 0.1% | ||||
| SPIP | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Kentico | <0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| IP.Board | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| CMS Made Simple | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Liferay | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| PHP Link Directory | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Jimdo | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||||
| CS-Cart | 0.1% | 0.1% | ||||
| eZ Publish | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Webs | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Dealer.com | 0.1% | |||||
| xt:Commerce | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
| Yahoo! Small Business | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Pligg | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| MediaWiki | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Movable Type | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| SilverStripe | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | 0.1% |
| MyBB | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | ||
| Umbraco | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | ||
| XOOPS | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
| Plone | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
| Ektron | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
| GoDaddy Website Builder | 0.1% | <0.1% | ||||
| Ning | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | ||
| Open Text | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
| PHP-Nuke | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
| TypePad | 0.1% | 0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
The diagram shows only content management systems with more than 1% usage.
Visit http://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y to see more detail
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