CMS popularity

Comparison of the popularity of content management systems. The ranking is based on the traffic of the site as provided by Alexa. It could not reflect the number of users of the CMS.

Main types of CMS:

An so specialized content management systems and frameworks are also ranked. All CMS are written in PHP and MySQL but the short list of Java software.
The number beside the name is the Alexa rank on the Web as of May 2009.

Portals and blogs

Blogs and news servers are included in this list along with tools to manage a classical or eCommerce site.

  1. Wordpress 680
    Blog manager, the easiest to use.
  2. Joomla! 1100
    A rigid CMS but with all the essential functions.
  3. Drupal 1300
    Designed for professional webmasters, features extensive configuration.
  4. PHP-Nuke 3 300
  5. SilverStripe 20000
    Based on the Sapphire framework, it had the advantages of both Wordpress and Drupal. Certified by Microsoft.
  6. MODx 22 000
    Modular, has function to import HTML pages of a static site.
  7. CMS Made Simple 24 000
    Easy to use but with limitations.
  8. Xoops 24 000
  9. PHPList 24 000
    News server.
  10. b2evolution 26 000
    Blog and more.
  11. eZ publish 27 000
  12. Typo3 28 000
    Multi-domains.
  13. Textpattern 38 000
  14. Mambo 38 000
    From which Joomla is a fork.
  15. e107 40 000
    No less than Joomla.

Collaboratives

These are forums, Digg-like and wikis.

  1. phpBB 5 700
    Forum.
  2. SMF 6 400
    Forum.
  3. MediaWiki 13 000
  4. Pligg 16 000
    Digg-like.
  5. Nucleus CMS 52 000
    Blog.
  6. Geeklog 56 000
    Blog.
  7. DokuWiki 57 000
    Wiki.
  8. Phorum 76 000
    Easy to configure.
  9. SNews 77 000
    Extensive blogging and public domain.
  10. FluxBB 98 000
    Forum.

Images, videos and specialized CMS

Usable as main site or added to a site.

  1. Elgg 20 000
    Social network.
  2. Coppermine 23 000
    Image gallery.
  3. PHPMotion 24000
    Video sharing.
  4. Prestashop 27 000
    e-shop manager.
  5. Zikula 46 000
    Web applications framework.
  6. eGroupWare 52 000
    Groupware.
  7. Drigg 80 000
    Module to turn Drupal into a Digg-like.
  8. Spip 84 000
    Portal CMS using templates.
  9. Freeglobes 87 000
    Directory.
  10. PhpMyFaq 115 000
    FAQ.

CMS written in Java

  1. Open CMS 67 000.
  2. Magnolia. 106 000.
  3. Cocoon.
    Framework by Apache.

See also

How to choose a CMS?

The popularity of software is an indicator of quality. But for the list of features, a dynamic comparator is also useful.