Nginx Technology Adoption in E-commerce

Discover 1.7m verified e-commerce stores using Nginx. Analyze technology adoption, market trends, integration patterns, and business insights.

Detected across 2.9m domains. 1.7m verified as active stores with physical delivery.

· · Next full refresh: May 2026

1.7m verified active stores out of 2.9m detected · 59.0% verification rate

E-commerce Platforms Distribution

Custom leads with 37.3% of stores with physical delivery (573,828 stores) , followed by WooCommerce (35.2%) and Cafe24 (7.7%) .

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)

Custom 37.3%

573,828 stores

541,589 stores

119,042 stores

91,468 stores

44,666 stores

41,729 stores

31,816 stores

27,828 stores

Tray 1.2%

18,800 stores

Imweb 0.8%

11,668 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 platforms by stores with physical delivery (April 2026)
E-commerce platforms distribution for stores with physical delivery in Nginx
Platform Stores with Physical Delivery Percentage
Custom 573828 37.29%
WooCommerce 541589 35.20%
Cafe24 119042 7.74%
1C-Bitrix 91468 5.94%
PrestaShop 44666 2.90%
OpenCart 41729 2.71%
Shoptet 31816 2.07%
Magento 27828 1.81%
Tray 18800 1.22%
Imweb 11668 0.76%
Shopware 8490 0.55%
miniShop2 7298 0.47%
VirtueMart 7086 0.46%
EC-CUBE 6961 0.45%
Jumpseller 6434 0.42%

Categories Distribution

Clothing & Accessories leads with 14.6% of all stores (214,509 stores) , followed by Health & Beauty (12.8%) and Food & Beverages (10.9%) .

Base: 1,466,792 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 14.6%

214,509 stores

Health & Beauty 12.8%

187,336 stores

Food & Beverages 10.9%

160,216 stores

Tools & Hardware 9.4%

137,719 stores

Home & Garden 8.6%

126,267 stores

Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 6.8%

99,613 stores

Electronics & Technology 6.2%

91,342 stores

Business & Industrial 5.7%

83,807 stores

Vehicles & Parts 4.6%

67,012 stores

Arts & Entertainment 4.4%

64,656 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Nginx store categories (April 2026)
Distribution of categories in Nginx e-commerce stores
Category Number of Stores Percentage
Clothing & Accessories 214509 14.62%
Health & Beauty 187336 12.77%
Food & Beverages 160216 10.92%
Tools & Hardware 137719 9.39%
Home & Garden 126267 8.61%
Sporting Goods & Outdoor Gear 99613 6.79%
Electronics & Technology 91342 6.23%
Business & Industrial 83807 5.71%
Vehicles & Parts 67012 4.57%
Arts & Entertainment 64656 4.41%
Gifts & Special Occasions 58697 4.00%
Furniture & Home Decor 55466 3.78%
Toys & Games 50236 3.42%
Jewelry & Watches 48692 3.32%
Pets & Pet Supplies 21224 1.45%

Payment Providers Distribution

PayPal leads with 24.0% among AI-verified physical stores (165,271 stores) , followed by MasterCard (19.7%) and American Express (9.8%) .

Base: 475,618 AI-verified physical stores with detectable payment providers (16.6% 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 24.0%

165,271 stores

135,268 stores

67,457 stores

VISA 9.8%

67,396 stores

JCB 6.7%

45,970 stores

43,786 stores

37,229 stores

31,834 stores

25,769 stores

14,900 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Nginx payment providers (April 2026)
Distribution of payment providers in Nginx e-commerce stores
Payment Provider Store Count Market Share
PayPal 165271 24.02%
MasterCard 135268 19.66%
American Express 67457 9.80%
VISA 67396 9.79%
JCB 45970 6.68%
Stripe Connect 43786 6.36%
Klarna 37229 5.41%
Apple Pay 31834 4.63%
Google Pay 25769 3.75%
Amazon Pay 14900 2.17%
Boleto 13000 1.89%
Giropay 11817 1.72%
Bolt 10020 1.46%
SEPA 9260 1.35%
Bancontact 9092 1.32%

Shipping Carriers Distribution

DHL leads with 14.8% among AI-verified physical stores (64,206 stores) , followed by СДЭК (14.6%) and Почта России (12.5%) .

Base: 418,321 AI-verified physical stores with detectable shipping carriers (14.6% 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

DHL 14.8%

64,206 stores

63,215 stores

54,366 stores

DPD 11.9%

51,803 stores

UPS 11.9%

51,584 stores

GLS 7.1%

31,002 stores

FedEx 5.1%

22,260 stores

USPS 5.0%

21,604 stores

21,226 stores

10,273 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of top 10 Nginx shipping carriers (April 2026)
Distribution of shipping carriers in Nginx e-commerce stores
Shipping Carrier Store Count Market Share
DHL 64206 14.80%
СДЭК 63215 14.57%
Почта России 54366 12.53%
DPD 51803 11.94%
UPS 51584 11.89%
GLS 31002 7.14%
FedEx 22260 5.13%
USPS 21604 4.98%
Correios 21226 4.89%
Ceska Posta 10273 2.37%
PostNL 9164 2.11%
Hermes 8545 1.97%
TNT 8489 1.96%
Royal Mail 8136 1.88%
InPost 8039 1.85%

Store Launch Timeline

Over the past 12 months, 299,520 new stores were launched in Nginx , with the highest activity in 2026-03 (28,846 stores) , demonstrating ongoing growth in the e-commerce market.

Last 12 Months

2026-03 9.6%

28,846 stores launched

2026-02 7.9%

23,646 stores launched

2026-01 9.2%

27,477 stores launched

2025-12 9.8%

29,226 stores launched

2025-11 10.0%

29,975 stores launched

2025-10 9.2%

27,473 stores launched

2025-09 9.4%

28,064 stores launched

2025-08 7.6%

22,900 stores launched

2025-07 8.3%

24,906 stores launched

2025-06 7.2%

21,636 stores launched

2025-05 7.5%

22,420 stores launched

2025-04 4.3%

12,951 stores launched

Monthly Trend

Monthly store launches in Nginx (April 2026)
Monthly store launches in Nginx over the past 12 months
Month Stores Launched Percentage
2026-03 28846 9.63%
2026-02 23646 7.89%
2026-01 27477 9.17%
2025-12 29226 9.76%
2025-11 29975 10.01%
2025-10 27473 9.17%
2025-09 28064 9.37%
2025-08 22900 7.65%
2025-07 24906 8.32%
2025-06 21636 7.22%
2025-05 22420 7.49%
2025-04 12951 4.32%

Active Stores by Launch Year

Currently, 1,677,732 active stores in Nginx are tracked in our database , with the most stores launched in 2026 (80,473 stores still active) . This shows the distribution of currently active stores by their original launch year.

Active Stores by Launch Year

2026 4.8%

80,473 active stores

2025 16.8%

281,169 active stores

2024 10.0%

168,237 active stores

2023 7.3%

121,931 active stores

2022 6.5%

109,217 active stores

2021 7.1%

118,319 active stores

2020 7.0%

116,604 active stores

2019 5.9%

98,217 active stores

2018 5.4%

89,999 active stores

2017 4.7%

78,502 active stores

2016 2.9%

48,842 active stores

2015 2.4%

40,378 active stores

2014 2.3%

38,045 active stores

2013 3.2%

53,986 active stores

2012 1.9%

32,180 active stores

Distribution by Launch Year

Active stores in Nginx by original launch year (April 2026)
Active stores in Nginx by launch year
Launch Year Active Stores Percentage
2026 80473 4.80%
2025 281169 16.76%
2024 168237 10.03%
2023 121931 7.27%
2022 109217 6.51%
2021 118319 7.05%
2020 116604 6.95%
2019 98217 5.85%
2018 89999 5.36%
2017 78502 4.68%
2016 48842 2.91%
2015 40378 2.41%
2014 38045 2.27%
2013 53986 3.22%
2012 32180 1.92%
2011 30134 1.80%
2010 26215 1.56%
2009 23705 1.41%
2008 19069 1.14%
2007 17443 1.04%
2006 12118 0.72%
2005 10479 0.62%
2004 11906 0.71%
2003 10561 0.63%
2002 9279 0.55%
2001 11810 0.70%
2000 7869 0.47%
1999 5204 0.31%
1998 3297 0.20%
1997 1554 0.09%
1996 837 0.05%
1995 153 0.01%

Social Media Usage

Instagram leads with 30.4% among stores with at least one detectable social profile (672,437 stores) , followed by Facebook (29.8%) and YouTube (12.3%) .

Base: 1,605,126 stores with any detectable social profile (56.0% 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 30.4%

672,437 stores

Facebook 29.8%

659,176 stores

YouTube 12.3%

271,976 stores

Twitter 7.1%

156,573 stores

WhatsApp 5.2%

115,129 stores

LinkedIn 4.2%

92,640 stores

TikTok 4.0%

88,872 stores

Pinterest 3.9%

85,285 stores

X 2.9%

63,744 stores

Vimeo 0.2%

4,678 stores

Visual Distribution

Distribution of social media platforms in Nginx (April 2026)
Distribution of social media platforms in Nginx e-commerce stores
Social Platform Store Count Market Share
Instagram 672437 30.42%
Facebook 659176 29.82%
YouTube 271976 12.30%
Twitter 156573 7.08%
WhatsApp 115129 5.21%
LinkedIn 92640 4.19%
TikTok 88872 4.02%
Pinterest 85285 3.86%
X 63744 2.88%
Vimeo 4678 0.21%

Geographic Distribution

Russia leads with 24.1% (303,044 AI-verified stores) , followed by United States (12.3%) and South Korea (9.5%) .

Base: 1,258,592 AI-verified stores across 20 countries. Percentages show share among AI-verified stores.

Top 10 Countries

Russia 24.1%

303,044 AI-verified stores

154,305 AI-verified stores

119,232 AI-verified stores

73,094 AI-verified stores

70,795 AI-verified stores

Japan 4.4%

55,519 AI-verified stores

Spain 3.7%

46,749 AI-verified stores

46,730 AI-verified stores

45,689 AI-verified stores

Iran 3.5%

44,580 AI-verified stores

Visual Distribution

Geographic distribution of stores using Nginx (April 2026)
Geographic distribution of stores using Nginx
Country AI-Verified Store Count Market Share
Russia 303044 24.08%
United States 154305 12.26%
South Korea 119232 9.47%
Germany 73094 5.81%
Ukraine 70795 5.62%
Japan 55519 4.41%
Spain 46749 3.71%
Czechia 46730 3.71%
Netherlands 45689 3.63%
Iran 44580 3.54%
United Kingdom 41471 3.30%
Brazil 39354 3.13%
Italy 36165 2.87%
Vietnam 32943 2.62%
France 31067 2.47%
India 29350 2.33%
China 23689 1.88%
Poland 22855 1.82%
Slovakia 22354 1.78%
Greece 19607 1.56%

Data Coverage

Field Rows count Coverage
Website 2.9m 100.00%
Emails 1.9m 64.87%
Phones 874.1k 30.47%
Ecommerce platform 2.8m 99.32%
Couriers 418.3k 14.58%
Payment Providers 475.6k 16.58%
Categories 1.6m 55.33%
Social Media 1.6m 55.96%

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 Nginx e-commerce intelligence?

We track 1.7m verified Nginx 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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