Magento 2012 Update Survey Indicates that Merchants Choose Magento

Merchants choose Magento is the headline news in the October 2012 eCommerce survey, from UK developer Tom Robertshaw, found 35,218 sites in the Alexa Top 1 Million, finds Magento, with a 23% share of the market, is the leading eCommerce software platform. This is a 4% increase since the February 2012eCommerce survey. Equating to 8,087 sites, Magento has seen growth in every single edition since the survey began 2 years ago. It sees a 20% growth rate since the last survey in February alone.

Most Popular eCommerce Software Oct 2012

Magento isn’t the only one. The popularity of Zen Cart continues to increase, up 12 percent to 4,451 sites. Both Magento and Zen Cart have released new versions since the February survey.

Most Popular eCommerce Software Top 100K Sites Oct 2012

While both VirtueMart and osCommerce take a dip in numbers. Conversely, both PrestaShop and OpenCart see significant increases.

Aggregated results for all eCommerce platforms:

eCommerce PlatformFeb-12Oct-12
Magento67958087
Zen Cart40424541
VirtueMart39143657
osCommerce31992881
PrestaShop21872621
OpenCart11291747
Volusion12661080
Yahoo! Stores12171068
Interspire983987
Ubercart891856
WP e-Commerce861800
ECSHOP703774
Actinic777682
Miva Merchant721611
Shopify345573
CS-Cart538555
IBM WebSphere Commerce527528
X-Cart617509
OXID eSales404381
3DCart317313
ATG248276
Demandware189245
E-junkie265210
Intershop240170
Shopp199150
AbleCommerce151142
nopCommerce129130
ProStores154105
ShopSite11284
FoxyCart9470
Big Cartel8367
ekmPowershop6361
GSI Commerce5746
ShopFactory5942
CubeCart4534
RomanCart4333
TomatoCart1331
Drupal Commerce1528
BluCommerce2623
LemondStand1420