Headless CMS

Parent Category: CMS

Headless CMS is a back-end-only content management system that acts primarily as a content repository. A headless CMS makes content accessible via an API for display on any device, without a built-in front-end or presentation layer.


We have discovered 41,727 live Websites that use Headless CMS.

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Headless CMS usage statistics

Total sites that use Headless CMS41,727 websites
Percentage of website that use category<0.1%
Number of technologies in Headless CMS category20
Category leader Ghost
Fastest Growing Technology Sanity
Most Popular in Country United States



Top Technologies

Top 6 technologies in Headless CMS category (out of 20 total).

TechnologyWebsitesMarket ShareRecent changes
Ghost18,570 44.50% +55
Prismic7,834 18.77% +753
Sanity6,577 15.76% +959
DatoCMS2,607 6.25% +191
Strapi1,151 2.76% +13
Contentstack906 2.17% +54
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Top technology switches

Number of websites that switched technologies within category in the past 3 months

FromToWebsite Count
Prismic Sanity5
DatoCMS Sanity2
Sanity Amplience2
Builder Sanity1
ButterCMS Sanity1
Ghost Prismic1

Headless CMS usage distribution by website popularity



Geographical Distribution

Category usage distribution by websites across the globe.






Websites utilizing Headless CMS

Top websites that use Headless CMS

DomainCountryRankContacts
vimeo.com United States67
www.jsdelivr.com United States151
www.houzz.com United States1,211
www.canva.com Australia1,615
buffer.com United States1,726
zapier.com United States1,850
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