Interesting Magento Statistics for E-commerce Website Owners

In our time, there’s a vast array of options for creating an online shop, from standalone CMS platforms to various SaaS-based builders. 

One of the most popular platforms of its kind, Magento began as an open source project and was acquired by Adobe in 2018. Its development continues, and for many it remains synonymous with e-commerce.

Here’s a roundup of intriguing numbers, facts, and statistics about Magento that you should know.

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1. According to w3techs.com, the Magento platform is used by 0.6% of all websites that use a CMS. Most online stores are built using the Magento 2 version. 

2. After Shopify and WooCommerce, Magento is the third most popular e-commerce platform used by online shopping sites.

3. Compared to other e-commerce sites, Magento faces 0.71% of attacks while WordPress faces the most number of threats at 95.6%. — Astra Security

4. The year 2016 was the peak of Magento’s popularity.

5. 38.71% of Magento customers are from the United States. Other top countries using Magento are the United Kingdom and Netherlands with (16.91%) and (8.51%) customers respectively. — 6sense.com

6. Originally, the Magento platform was going to be called “Magenta” based on the name of the color. But the co-founders decided to rename it to Magento because the magenta.com domain wasn’t available for registration.

There are an estimated 6,000+ Magento Certified Developers in the world today and over 300,000+ developers in the Magento community working with the platform.

— Staylime

8. Magento is built with 82.8% PHP coding.

9. Magento’s default setup does not offer any extensions. However, there are over 5000 extensions that you can choose from to fulfill your online store requirements. — DesignRush

10. A popular US power tool retailer, Harborfreight.com is the leading site built with Magento. The company’s online store attracts 40+ million visits per month by Similarweb data.  — SimilarTech

11. The top three categories for Magento sites are furniture, fashion, and shoes.

12. Adobe acquired Magento in May 2018 for a hefty price tag of $1.68 billion, marking a significant milestone in the e-commerce landscape.

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