Start Your Shopify Store at Just $1

Written by: Albert Mosby
August 20, 2024

With over 28% of the market share in the United States, Shopify is one of the most preferred e-commerce technologies in the country. It is also the fourth most preferred eCommerce website worldwide.

Besides, 5.23 million websites are built with Shopify, and a large share of them are from the United States. In this article, we will go through the latest facts and figures about the number of Shopify stores, Shopify stores in different countries worldwide, its financials, and more. 

Shopify Statistics: Top Picks (2024)

  • Shopify has 2.1 million daily active users on average.
  • 5.23 million online stores use Shopify.
  • Shopify accounts for $444+ billion in global economic activities. 
  • Shopify has registered a revenue of $3.86 billion in the first two quarters of 2024.
  • 57.65% of the Shopify Stores are from the United States. 
  • Shopify is estimated to have over 700 million customers.
  • Shopify is used by 24% of the ecommerce websites on the Internet. 

Bonus: If you want to know what Shopify is capable of, then take a look at our detailed Shopify Review here.

How Many Shopify Users Are There?

  1. Shopify has 2.1 million daily active users. 

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How Many Shopify Stores Are There?

  1. There are 8.2 million Shopify stores on the internet. 

Of these stores, just 5.23 million are currently live.

Besides, 2.93% of the top 1 million ecommerce websites on the internet run on Shopify, while 3.67% of the top 1K ecommerce websites are currently live on Shopify.  

Here is a table displaying the number and the share of Shopify websites among the top websites worldwide. 

Top Live E-commerce WebsitesShare Of Shopify StoresNumber Of Shopify Stores
Top 1m2.93%29,252
Top 100k3.18%3,178
Top 10k3.67%367

Source: Built With

Number Of Shopify Stores In The USA

  1. 57.65% of the Shopify Stores are from the United States. 

That accounts for 3.01 million Shopify stores. 

Over half of the live Shopify stores are from the United States, which is home to the majority of the Shopify stores worldwide. 

Source: Built With.

Number of Shopify Users By Country

  1. The majority of Shopify stores are in the United States at 3.01 million, while the United Kingdom follows it with 0.21 million Shopify stores. 

The total number of Shopify stores in the United States and United Kingdom equals to 61.72%. 

Apart from these, Australia, Germany, and Brazil also have a significant number of Shopify stores. 

Countries With The Highest Number Of Shopify Stores

Here is a table displaying the countries with the highest number of Shopify stores.

CountryNumber of Shopify Stores
United States3,012,321
United Kingdom212,903
Australia154,625
Germany130,285
Brazil127,220
Canada112,507
India73,298
France71,928
Netherlands57,147
Italy46,211
Japan32,018

Source: Built with. 

How Many Customers Does Shopify Have?

  1. Shopify is estimated to have over 700 million customers as of 2023. 

Comparatively, 649 million consumers made a purchase from Shopify in 2022. Hence, the number of Shopify customers is estimated to have increased by 51 million in 2023. 

Besides, approximately 2.71 billion people worldwide are shopping online as of 2024, and over one-fourth of them are estimated to make purchases from Shopify stores. 

Here is a table displaying the number of Shopify customers recorded over the years:

YearNumber of Shopify Customers
2023700 million
2022649 million
2021572 million
2020457 million
2019300 million
2018216 million
2017163 million
2016100 million
201557 million

Source: Demandsage.

With millions of online e-commerce sites using Shopify, they receive a large number of consumers on the platform. What’s more, you can try Shopify for 30 days for $1 and start your store today.

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Shopify Revenue Statistics

  1. Shopify generated a revenue of $2.0 billion in Q2 2024. 

That was a 21% YoY increase in revenue and a 5.26% increase compared to the previous quarter. In Q1 2024, Shopify recorded revenue of $1.9 million. 

Meanwhile, in the year 2023, Shopify’s total revenue was recorded as $7.06 million, an increase of 26.07% compared to the revenue of $5.6 billion recorded in 2022. 

Total Revenue Of Shopify

Here is a table displaying the total revenue of Shopify recorded over the years:

YearShopify Revenue 
2024(up to Q2)$3,861 million
2023$7,060 million
2022$5,600 million
2021$4,612 million
2020$2,929 million
2019$1,578 million
2018$1,073 million
2017$673 million
2016$389 million
2015$205 million

Source: Shopify Investor Relations, Macro Trends

  1. In Q2 2024, Shopify’s Merchant Solutions revenue was recorded to be $1.5 billion, and the subscription revenue was recorded to be $563 million. 

The merchant’s solutions revenue witnessed a YoY increase of 19%, while the subscription solutions revenue witnessed a YoY increase of 27%. 

Comparatively, in Q1 2024, the merchant solutions revenue was $1.4 billion, while the subscription solution revenue was $511 million. 

Meanwhile, in 2023, the total merchant solution revenue was recorded as $5.22 billion, and the subscription solution revenue was recorded as $1.83 billion. 

Here is a table displaying the total merchant solution and total subscription solution revenue recorded over the years:

YearMerchant Solutions Revenue Subscription Solutions Revenue
2024 (up to Q2)$2,850 million$1,074 million
2023$5,223 million$1,837 million
2022$4,112 million$1,488 million
2021$3,270 million$1,342 million
2020$2,021 million$908.76 million
2019$935.93 million$642.24 million
2018$608.23 million$465.00 million
2017$363.27 million$310.03 million
2016$200.72 million$188.61 million
2015$93.25 million$111.98 million

Source: Shopify, Statista

  1. Shopify’s revenue in North America amounted to 71% of the platform’s total revenue. 

Shopify generated total revenue of $5.04 billion in the North American region. Of that, 66% of the revenue came from the United States, which accounted for 5%. 

On the other hand, the rest of the regions, including Europe, the Middle East & Africa, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, accounted for 29% of the total Shopify’s revenue in 2023. 

Here is a table displaying the total revenue of Shopify recorded in different regions worldwide. 

Region202320222021
North America$5,037 million$4,066 million$3,291 million
Europe, Middle East & Africa$1,255 million$917 million$799 million
Asia Pacific $699 million$553 million$467 million
Latin America$69 million$64 million$55 million

Source: Shopify.

Shopify Market Share

  1. Shopify is used by one-fourth of the e-commerce websites on the Internet. 

The majority of the ecommerce websites on the internet are hosted on Shopify, and they account for 24% of the total ecommerce websites. 

Shopify has managed to surpass the number of websites built on Woocommerce Checkout. 

Here is a table displaying the share of e-commerce websites built on different e-commerce technologies as of August 2024. 

E-commerce TechnologyPercentage Of Websites 
Shopify24%
WooCommerce Checkout14%
Magento8%
Shopify Plus6%
Presta3%
Others44%

Source: Built With 

In 2023, Shopify held 10.32% of the market share of the e-commerce software platform worldwide.

  1. Shopify is the fourth-largest e-commerce software worldwide. 

Meanwhile, Woocommerce has the largest e-commerce market share worldwide as of 2023. 

Here is a table displaying the market share of the leading e-commerce software platforms worldwide as of 2023:

Ecommerce Platform WorldwideMarket Share 
WooCommerce38.74%
Woo Themes14.95%
Squarespace Online Stores14.67%
Shopify10.32%
WixStores8.09%
Others13.22%

Source: Statista. 

  1. Shopify owns 28% of the e-commerce market share in the United States. 

In the United States, Shopify has the highest market share of the e-commerce platform. Meanwhile, WooCommerce Checkout stands in second place with a market share of 17%. 

Market Share Of  eCommerce Platforms

Here is a table displaying the market share of the top e-commerce platforms in the United States.

eCommerce PlatformsMarket Share In The United States
Shopify28%
WooCommerce Checkout17%
Wix Stores16%
Squarespace Add to Cart14%
Ecwid4%
Other19%

Source: Statista

Success Rate Of Shopify Stores

  1. Only 5% to 10% of the Shopify stores are successful. 

That means 90% to 95% of the Shopify stores are unsuccessful, and just 5 to 10 Shopify shops in every 100 Shopify stores become successful. 

Source: Shopify.

Shopify Merchant Statistics

  1. Shopify has over 1.75 million merchants across 175 countries worldwide.

However, Shopify has not disclosed its number of merchants over the past few years, and the last data was revealed in 2020, when the total number of merchants on Shopify was 1,749,000. 

Here is a table displaying the number of Shopify merchants over the years. 

YearNumber of Shopify Merchants
20201,749,000
20191,069,000
2018820,000
2017609,000
2016375,000
2015243,000
2014145,000
201384,000

Source: Shopify, Backlinko

  1. Over half of Shopify’s merchants are from the North American region. 

Meanwhile, 27% of Shopify merchants are from the EMEA region, and 1 in 20 merchants are from the Latin American region.

Here is a table displaying the share of Shopify merchants by region. 

Region Share of Shopify Merchants 
North America54%
Europe, the Middle East and Africa27%
Asia Pacific, Australia, and China14%
Latin America (Mexico and South America)5%

Source: Shopify. 

Shopify Traffic Statistics

  1. 136.1 million people worldwide visited Shopify in July 2024. 

That was an increase of 10.11% in the number of Shopify visitors compared to that recorded in the last month. In June 2024, 123.6 million visits were recorded on Shopify. 

Here is a table displaying the number of visits recorded on Shopify over the past months. 

MonthNumber Of Visitors On Shopify
July 2024136.1 million
June 2024123.6 million
May 2024124.9 million

Source: Similar Web

  1. 75% of the total Shopify’s traffic comes from desktop devices. 

On the other hand, mobile devices account for 24.97% of the total traffic recorded on the platform. 

Source: SImilar web. 

  1. The majority of the traffic on Shopify’s website is from the United States at 35.59%. 

That means that over 1 in 3 visitors to Shopify.com are from the United States. 

Meanwhile, the second-highest traffic on Shopify comes from the United Kingdom, but the country accounts for just 6.44% of the traffic recorded on the websites. 

The traffic share of the countries shows a huge gap between the website traffic from the United States and other countries. The United States is responsible for more than five times higher traffic compared to other countries. 

Here is a table displaying the share of traffic recorded on Shopify’s website from other countries. 

CountryShare Of Traffic
United States35.59%
United Kingdom6.44%
India5.79%
Canada4.83%
Australia4.07%

Source: Similar web. 

  1. 37.53% of the social media traffic comes from YouTube.

YouTube directs the highest share of social media traffic on Shopify. 

Further, the second-highest share of social media traffic comes from Facebook. 

WhatsApp and TikTok account for the third and the fourth highest share of social media redirects on Shopify. 

Here is a table displaying the share of social media traffic recorded on SHopify’s website.

Social Media PlatformShare Of Social Traffic
YouTube 37.53%
Facebook26.43%
Whatsapp Webapp8.60%
TikTok6.24%
LinkedIn5.26%
Other15.94%

Source: Similar web

Shopify Plus Statistics

  1. 60,834 of the total e-commerce websites on the internet use Shopify Plus. 

However, of that, just 47,240 of the Shopify plus stores are live. 

0.75% of the top 1 million e-commerce sites are built with Shopify Plus, and just 0.57% of the top e-commerce websites are built on Shopify Plus. 

Here is a table displaying further details about the number of Shopify Plus stores among the top e-commerce stores. 

Top eCommerce StoresNumber Of Shopify StoresShare Of Shopify Stores
Top 1 million 7,4970.75%
Top 100K5310.53%
Top 10K Stores570.57%

Source: Built With

  1. 26,189 of the Shopify Plus Stores are from the United States. 

The United States accounts for the highest share of Shopify Plus stores, followed by the United Kingdom. 

Countries With The Highest Shopify Plus Stores

Here is a table displaying the number of Shopify Plus recorded in different countries worldwide.

CountryNumber Of Shopify Plus Stores
United States26,189
United Kingdom3,349
Australia3,050
Canada2,884
Germany1,374
France877
Denmark668
Netherlands597
Japan491
Italy440
India440

Source: Built With

Shopify Apps Statistics

  1. There were 9,701 Shopify Apps on the Shopify store. 

This number declined by 8.15% compared to the previous year. In January 2023, the Shopify store had 10,557 apps. 

The number of apps on the Shopify store grew by 50.45% in the year 2022. 

Here is a table displaying the number of apps in the Shopify store recorded over the years:

Month-YearNumber of Apps in Shopify Store
January 20249701
January 202310557
January 20227014
January 20215649

Source: Meetanshi.

  1. Privy is the most popular app on the Shopify store as of 2024. 

It has 24,818 total reviews and a rating of 4.6 out of 5. 

DSers‑AliExpress Dropshipping is the third most popular app on the shop, with 21,215 reviews and an average rating of 5. 

Here is a table displaying the most popular apps on Shopify, along with the number of reviews and the average rating of the apps. 

App NameTotal ReviewsPrivy ‑ Pop-Ups, Email, & SMS
Privy ‑ Pop Ups, Email, & SMS248184.6
Judge.me Product Reviews212775
DSers‑AliExpress Dropshipping212155
Loox Product Reviews & Photos155954.9
Ali Reviews ‑ Product Reviews139024.9
Hextom: Free Shipping Bar112684.9
TikTok99244.8
PageFly Landing Page Builder90454.9
BEST Currency Converter90184.7
Hextom: Ultimate Sales Boost85634.8

Source: Meetanshi.

Shopify Store Statistics

  1. As of June 2023, 520,321 Shopify stores were apparel stores.

A large share of Shopify stores sold apparel. Meanwhile, 221,381 Shopify stores were based on Home and garden equipment, and 186,706 Shopify stores included beauty and fitness products. 

Here is a table displaying the number of Shopify stores by category. 

CategoryNumber of Shopify Stores
Apparel520,321
Home & Garden221,381
Beauty & Fitness186,706
Food & Drink116,008
People & Society68,801
Sports62,669
Health61,983
Arts & Entertainment61,283
Toys & Hobbies53,082
Pets & Animals40,609

Source: Statista

  1. 621,899 Shopify stores sell 1 to 9 products. 

That means the highest share of the Shopify stores sells 1 to 9 products. 

On the other hand, just 3,564 Shopify stores sell  25,000 to 99,999 products. 

Here is a table displaying the breakdown of the number of Shopify stores by the number of products sold per store as of July 2023. 

Number of Shopify StoresNumbers of Products Sold Per Store
1 to 9 products 621,899
10 to 24 products 376,418
25 to 49 products 290,320
50 to 99 products 257,076
100 to 249 products 247,903
250 to 999 products 197,157
1000 to 4999 products 71,052
5000 to 9999 products 10,673
10000 to 24999 products 6,149
25000 to 99999 products 3,564

Source: Statista

  1. With 148,673 Shopify sites using USPS, it is the most used Shopify store as of February 2024. 

Conversely, PostNord is the least used shipping career by Shopify stores, with just 3,885 stores using it. 

Here is a table displaying the shipping careers most commonly used by Shopify stores. 

Sipping Carriers Used By Shopify StoresNumber Of Shopify Stores
USPS148,673
UPS101,628
Fedex67,894
Royal Mail34,054
Correios20,926
Australia Post27,996
Canada Post17,343
DHL8,516
Correos5,645
PostNord3,885

Source: Statista

Conclusion: 8.2 Million Shopify Stores Are There On The Internet!

Of them, just 5.23 million Shopify stores are live on Shopify. The number of Shopify stores has grown rapidly over the past few years, and they have a huge customer base. 

Besides, the daily active users of Shopify have crossed 2 million worldwide and are anticipated to increase further in the upcoming year. 

That was all about Shopify Statistics from my side. 

Albert Mosby

Hey, I'm Albert I'm the co-founder and CTO of Yaguara. I'm a data scientist with a passion for numbers and e-commerce. I frequently pour down my experience through words for the project. If you see me as the author of a post, be sure that a lot of research has gone into writing it.

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