Is BigCommerce or Shopify more popular?

Shopify is used by more websites in our catalog: 8,248 use BigCommerce and 22,836 use Shopify.

Does BigCommerce or Shopify have higher-authority sites?

Shopify sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (BigCommerce: 17, Shopify: 20).

Is BigCommerce or Shopify growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, BigCommerce went from 1.3% to 0.94% of all tracked sites, while Shopify went from 3.3% to 2.6%. BigCommerce is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both BigCommerce and Shopify?

No. A site runs a single CMS / website platform, so BigCommerce and Shopify are mutually exclusive.

Where does this BigCommerce vs Shopify data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

BigCommerce vs Shopify — Site Stats Database

BigCommerce vs Shopify

A side-by-side comparison of two content management systems, based on the 515,058 CMS sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	BigCommerce	Shopify
Websites	8,248	22,836
Market share	1.6%	4.4%
Share of top 10K sites	0.33%	1.5%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#9	#4

Median DR	17	20

Average DR	20	23

Median keywords	1,435	1,000

Median referring domains	189	224

Median domain age	17 yrs	10 yrs

Average domain age	17 yrs	12 yrs

Average monthly traffic	41,104	48,926

Combined monthly traffic	339,026,760	1,117,270,977

geappliances.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords172,944
Referring Domains18,787
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,996,400
Traffic Trend
TechnologyBigCommerce
bicyclecards.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords24,942
Referring Domains8,199
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,964,663
Traffic Trend
Technology
flagsexpress.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)28
Total Keywords17,675
Referring Domains887
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,330,342
Traffic Trend
Technology
simplicity.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords31,877
Referring Domains8,115
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,740,144
Traffic Trend
Technology
abcfws.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)61
Total Keywords131,783
Referring Domains5,291
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,685,137
Traffic Trend
TechnologyBigCommerce
smith-wesson.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords21,777
Referring Domains8,373
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,214,477
Traffic Trend
Technology
shop.kingarthurbaking.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords37,125
Referring Domains3,994
Domain Age7 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,011,933
Traffic Trend
Technology
blog.thermoworks.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords63,073
Referring Domains6,162
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,738,240
Traffic Trend
Technology
delallo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)66
Total Keywords51,433
Referring Domains4,510
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,713,019
Traffic Trend
TechnologyBigCommerce
playitagainsports.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords126,101
Referring Domains5,259
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,709,271
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
geappliances.com	English	79	172,944	18,787	29 yrs	5,996,400		BigCommerce

hollywoodreporter.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,682,319
Referring Domains253,182
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)20,328,180
Traffic Trend
TechnologyShopify
ifixit.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords501,930
Referring Domains65,151
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,811,562
Traffic Trend
TechnologyShopify
princesspolly.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords296,055
Referring Domains4,719
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,676,376
Traffic Trend
Technology
owalalife.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords45,197
Referring Domains1,989
Domain Age6 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,494,617
Traffic Trend
Technology
christmasinamerica.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)30
Total Keywords21,030
Referring Domains297
Domain Age3 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,840,049
Traffic Trend
Technology
windsorstore.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords376,799
Referring Domains8,489
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,348,808
Traffic Trend
Technology
pissedconsumer.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords578,955
Referring Domains15,418
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,281,912
Traffic Trend
Technology
shop.mattel.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)84
Total Keywords101,009
Referring Domains15,292
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,948,548
Traffic Trend
Technology
adriannapapell.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords126,741
Referring Domains3,645
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,470,030
Traffic Trend
Technology
davidsbridal.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords181,971
Referring Domains19,325
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,253,224
Traffic Trend
Technology