Cloudflare Browser Insights Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 818.5k verified e-commerce stores using Cloudflare Browser Insights. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 1.2m domains. 818.5k verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: April 2026

818.5k verified active stores out of 1.2m detected · 70.8% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

WooCommerce leads with 38.4% of stores with physical delivery (299,532 stores) , followed by Custom (34.2%) and Nuvemshop (13.6%) .

Note: This distribution covers only stores selling physical products with active shopping carts and physical product shipping. Digital products, services, and non-transactional sites are excluded. All stores are verified by our proprietary AI model to ensure accurate e-commerce classification.

Top 10 Platforms (Physical Delivery)

299,532 stores

Custom 34.2%

267,381 stores

105,816 stores

23,441 stores

18,996 stores

13,494 stores

12,899 stores

10,283 stores

9,665 stores

4,401 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (March 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Cloudflare Browser Insights
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
WooCommerce 299532 38.37%
Custom 267381 34.25%
Nuvemshop 105816 13.55%
Big Cartel 23441 3.00%
Magento 18996 2.43%
Shopify 13494 1.73%
PrestaShop 12899 1.65%
OpenCart 10283 1.32%
Ticimax 9665 1.24%
Shoplazza, Shoplaza 4401 0.56%
Shoplaza, Shoplazza 4257 0.55%
Volusion 3307 0.42%
Quickbutik 2967 0.38%
Lightspeed eCom 2299 0.29%
Zid 1971 0.25%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 22.1% of all stores (156,438 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (15.1%) and Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear (8.3%) .

Base: 709,443 AI-verified stores with physical delivery and detected product categories (86.7% of all verified stores). Percentages show share of stores within each category.

Top 10 Categories

Clothing & Accessories 22.1%

156,438 stores

Health & Beauty 15.1%

107,236 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 8.3%

58,686 stores

Food & Beverages 8.0%

56,815 stores

Home & Garden 7.3%

51,806 stores

Electronics & Technology 6.1%

43,236 stores

Toys & Games 5.4%

38,354 stores

Vehicles & Parts 4.5%

31,709 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.3%

30,276 stores

Jewelry & Watches 3.8%

27,294 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cloudflare Browser Insights store categories (March 2026)
Distribution of categories in Cloudflare Browser Insights e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 156438 22.05%
Health & Beauty 107236 15.12%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 58686 8.27%
Food & Beverages 56815 8.01%
Home & Garden 51806 7.30%
Electronics & Technology 43236 6.09%
Toys & Games 38354 5.41%
Vehicles & Parts 31709 4.47%
Arts & Entertainment 30276 4.27%
Jewelry & Watches 27294 3.85%
Gifts & Special Occasions 26264 3.70%
Furniture & Home Decor 26110 3.68%
Tools & Hardware 24456 3.45%
Business & Industrial 19773 2.79%
Books & Media 10990 1.55%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 26.8% among AI-verified physical stores (101,671 stores) , followed by MasterCard (12.9%) and Stripe Connect (10.9%) .

Base: 273,326 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (23.7% coverage of all stores). Percentages show share of detected provider instances (stores may use multiple providers).

Detected from checkout/payment scripts and provider tags; off-site/manual payments excluded where undetectable.

Top 10 Payment Providers

PayPal 26.8%

101,671 stores

48,795 stores

41,462 stores

39,136 stores

30,930 stores

29,963 stores

VISA 4.5%

16,953 stores

16,125 stores

15,538 stores

Bolt 2.8%

10,438 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cloudflare Browser Insights payment providers (March 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Cloudflare Browser Insights e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 101671 26.79%
MasterCard 48795 12.86%
Stripe Connect 41462 10.93%
American Express 39136 10.31%
Boleto 30930 8.15%
Mercado Pago 29963 7.90%
VISA 16953 4.47%
Klarna 16125 4.25%
Apple Pay 15538 4.09%
Bolt 10438 2.75%
Google Pay 10151 2.67%
JCB 8524 2.25%
BitCoin 4294 1.13%
Bancontact 2925 0.77%
AliPay 2583 0.68%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

UPS leads with 18.7% among AI-verified physical stores (48,332 stores) , followed by USPS (18.1%) and DHL (14.3%) .

Base: 186,118 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (16.1% coverage of all stores). Percentages show share of detected carrier instances (stores may use multiple carriers).

Detected from checkout/shipping pages and shipment widgets; cross-border carriers included where visible.

Top 10 Shipping Carriers

UPS 18.7%

48,332 stores

USPS 18.1%

46,783 stores

DHL 14.3%

36,993 stores

FedEx 13.5%

34,991 stores

22,936 stores

DPD 4.7%

12,169 stores

4PX 4.7%

12,042 stores

GLS 3.2%

8,298 stores

Estes 3.1%

8,001 stores

7,271 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Cloudflare Browser Insights shipping carriers (March 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Cloudflare Browser Insights e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
UPS 48332 18.69%
USPS 46783 18.09%
DHL 36993 14.31%
FedEx 34991 13.53%
Correios 22936 8.87%
DPD 12169 4.71%
4PX 12042 4.66%
GLS 8298 3.21%
Estes 8001 3.09%
Royal Mail 7271 2.81%
TNT 5616 2.17%
Hermes 5114 1.98%
Speedy 3563 1.38%
Canada Post 3453 1.34%
InPost 2991 1.16%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 295,549 new stores were launched in Cloudflare Browser Insights , with the highest activity in 2026-02 (31,251 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-02 10.6%

31,251 stores launched

2026-01 15.7%

46,514 stores launched

2025-12 13.4%

39,706 stores launched

2025-11 10.6%

31,229 stores launched

2025-10 9.6%

28,362 stores launched

2025-09 8.2%

24,318 stores launched

2025-08 7.1%

21,067 stores launched

2025-07 7.2%

21,217 stores launched

2025-06 7.2%

21,177 stores launched

2025-05 5.2%

15,511 stores launched

2025-04 4.8%

14,294 stores launched

2025-03 0.3%

903 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Cloudflare Browser Insights (March 2026)
Monthly store launches in Cloudflare Browser Insights over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-02 31251 10.57%
2026-01 46514 15.74%
2025-12 39706 13.43%
2025-11 31229 10.57%
2025-10 28362 9.60%
2025-09 24318 8.23%
2025-08 21067 7.13%
2025-07 21217 7.18%
2025-06 21177 7.17%
2025-05 15511 5.25%
2025-04 14294 4.84%
2025-03 903 0.31%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 805,892 active stores in Cloudflare Browser Insights are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (78,034 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 9.7%

78,034 active stores

2025 30.2%

243,434 active stores

2024 10.4%

83,946 active stores

2023 6.3%

50,778 active stores

2022 5.1%

41,067 active stores

2021 5.9%

47,249 active stores

2020 5.5%

44,266 active stores

2019 3.5%

28,000 active stores

2018 3.4%

27,251 active stores

2017 3.1%

25,351 active stores

2016 1.8%

14,213 active stores

2015 1.5%

12,235 active stores

2014 1.6%

13,116 active stores

2013 2.1%

16,705 active stores

2012 1.3%

10,572 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Cloudflare Browser Insights by original launch year (March 2026)
Active stores in Cloudflare Browser Insights by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 78034 9.68%
2025 243434 30.21%
2024 83946 10.42%
2023 50778 6.30%
2022 41067 5.10%
2021 47249 5.86%
2020 44266 5.49%
2019 28000 3.47%
2018 27251 3.38%
2017 25351 3.15%
2016 14213 1.76%
2015 12235 1.52%
2014 13116 1.63%
2013 16705 2.07%
2012 10572 1.31%
2011 10132 1.26%
2010 8575 1.06%
2009 8012 0.99%
2008 6191 0.77%
2007 5624 0.70%
2006 4249 0.53%
2005 3679 0.46%
2004 4166 0.52%
2003 3636 0.45%
2002 3121 0.39%
2001 3614 0.45%
2000 3026 0.38%
1999 2349 0.29%
1998 1608 0.20%
1997 950 0.12%
1996 597 0.07%
1995 146 0.02%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 29.6% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (336,074 stores) , followed by Facebook (27.5%) and YouTube (9.6%) .

Base: 629,061 stores with any detectable social profile (54.4% of all stores). Percentages show share of detected platform instances (stores may use multiple platforms).

Links and embeds detected on public pages; private/hidden profiles not counted.

Top 10 Social Platforms

Instagram 29.6%

336,074 stores

Facebook 27.5%

311,978 stores

YouTube 9.6%

109,133 stores

Twitter 8.6%

97,304 stores

TikTok 6.8%

77,343 stores

Pinterest 6.2%

70,829 stores

LinkedIn 4.3%

48,858 stores

WhatsApp 4.0%

45,268 stores

X 2.7%

30,249 stores

Reddit 0.7%

7,386 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Cloudflare Browser Insights (March 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Cloudflare Browser Insights e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 336074 29.63%
Facebook 311978 27.50%
YouTube 109133 9.62%
Twitter 97304 8.58%
TikTok 77343 6.82%
Pinterest 70829 6.24%
LinkedIn 48858 4.31%
WhatsApp 45268 3.99%
X 30249 2.67%
Reddit 7386 0.65%

Geographic Distribution

United States leads with 32.0% (180,113 AI-verified stores) , followed by Brazil (14.0%) and Argentina (7.2%) .

Base: 563,109 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

180,113 AI-verified stores

Brazil 14.0%

78,722 AI-verified stores

40,331 AI-verified stores

35,019 AI-verified stores

30,448 AI-verified stores

24,467 AI-verified stores

19,880 AI-verified stores

17,432 AI-verified stores

16,287 AI-verified stores

Italy 2.5%

13,869 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Cloudflare Browser Insights (March 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Cloudflare Browser Insights
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
United States 180113 31.99%
Brazil 78722 13.98%
Argentina 40331 7.16%
United Kingdom 35019 6.22%
Turkey 30448 5.41%
Germany 24467 4.34%
France 19880 3.53%
Indonesia 17432 3.10%
Russia 16287 2.89%
Italy 13869 2.46%
India 13025 2.31%
Spain 12716 2.26%
China 11437 2.03%
Canada 11309 2.01%
Vietnam 11295 2.01%
Australia 10388 1.84%
Netherlands 10141 1.80%
Poland 9840 1.75%
Taiwan 8333 1.48%
Mexico 8057 1.43%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 1.2m 100.00%
Emails 115.2k 9.97%
Phones 199.3k 17.25%
Ecommerce platform 1.1m 98.38%
Couriers 186.1k 16.11%
Payment Providers 273.3k 23.65%
Categories 753.2k 65.18%
Social Media 629.1k 54.44%

Coverage reflects detectability from public website analysis. Payment providers and shipping carriers are identified from checkout pages and shipping widgets. Stores using off-site payment flows or custom shipping integrations may not be detected. Actual adoption rates are higher than shown.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What data is included in the Cloudflare Browser Insights e-commerce intelligence?

We track 818.5k verified Cloudflare Browser Insights e-commerce stores with 50+ data points per store: e-commerce platform, product counts, categories, payment providers, shipping carriers, estimated traffic, technology stack, and verified business contacts.

How is the data collected and how often is it updated?

We continuously crawl 300M+ domains using proprietary web crawlers, AI classification, and technology fingerprinting. The database is refreshed monthly, so you always work with current market data.

How do I access the data?

Self-service plans give you instant access through our web app and REST API. You can search, filter, and segment stores interactively or integrate programmatically into your workflows. View plans →

Can I filter by specific segments?

Yes. You can segment by country, platform, store size, product category, payment provider, shipping carrier, traffic tier, and more. All filtering is available through both the web app and API.

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