Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market Share & Usage Statistics (2026)

LearnDash runs on 17,956 live websites, 20.7% of the 86,556 sites we detect using learning management systems (LMS). Below, all 60 tools we detect in this category, ranked by live websites, with market share and 30-day adoption momentum.

Data updated Aug 19, 2026

  • A favicon of LearnDash
    #1

    LearnDash

    LearnDash is a WordPress plugin that turns a site into a course platform, and the most-deployed learning management system on our crawl at 20.74% of the category.

    Live websites17,956Market Share20.74%Top CountryUnited States
  • A favicon of Moodle
    #2

    Moodle

    Moodle is the free, open-source learning management system (LMS) first released in 2002 by Martin Dougiamas, written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.

    Live websites13,966Market Share16.14%Top CountrySpain
  • A favicon of Teachable
    #3

    Teachable

    Teachable is a hosted platform for building and selling online courses, ranked 6th in our Learning Management (LMS) category and ahead of every other platform that hosts a course site on the creator's behalf, including Thinkific and LearnWorlds.

    Live websites3,940Market Share4.55%Top CountryUnited States
  • A favicon of Thinkific

    Thinkific

    Thinkific is a hosted platform for building and selling online courses.

    Live websites2,568Market Share2.97%Top CountryUnited States

Learning Management (LMS) Market Data

Adoption and 30-day momentum across 60 learning management (lms) technologies, measured from our live detection crawl.

Biggest Movers

Net domains gained or lost in the last 30 days — 36 of 60 technologies moved. A further 1 tool is left out because we began detecting it inside this window, so we cannot tell growth from a first sighting.
Top gainers
Top losers

Expert Insight: Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market Share & Momentum

Nearly half this category is WordPress plugins, and the platforms most students use are missing.

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Emma DaviesData Analyst, TechnologyChecker
Data as of 2026-08-19 · Reviewed 2026-09-08

At about 86,600 domains this is the smallest category we publish. LearnDash leads with roughly 21%, Moodle is at 16%, Skolengo 16% and ThimPress LearnPress 15%. Four WordPress plugins hold about 45% between them. Canvas, Blackboard and Brightspace do not appear at all, and their absence is a property of how they are hosted rather than of their size.

Market share

Four plugins, one platform, one national system

LearnDash, ThimPress LearnPress, Tutor LMS and LifterLMS are WordPress plugins and together hold about 45% of the category. Moodle at 16% is the only standalone platform in the top four. Skolengo at 16% is a French school-administration system, so a sixth of this table is effectively one country's public education sector.

Movers

Flat in both directions

Every entry in the top six sits within a couple of hundred domains of where it was 90 days ago, in a category small enough that a few hundred domains would show. Genially is the largest real gain at about 166 over the quarter. One entry added its entire base inside the window and should be read as a detection onset rather than adoption.

Churn

About 2.5% turnover, and Moodle is the stickiest thing here

Moodle lost roughly 101 domains over 30 days on a base of about 14,000, well under the category rate. Courses run to an academic calendar, so an institution replaces its LMS between terms rather than mid-year, and the plugins churn faster because a WordPress site can swap one for another in an afternoon.

Trend

The three biggest names in the market are invisible to this method

Canvas, Blackboard and Brightspace run on vendor-hosted domains, so an institution using one leaves nothing detectable on its own domain. What this table measures is the self-hosted and plugin end of the market, which is a real segment and a large one, but it is not the whole of it. Moodle's rank here should not be read as its position in global higher education.

Learning Management (LMS) Overview
Active Domains86.6KRunning learning management (lms) tech
Technologies60Tracked in this category
Net 30-Day Growth-1981,987 adopted · 2,185 dropped
Domain Index29.9MLive business domains crawled

Market Share

LearnDash leads with 20.74% of active domains
  • A favicon of LearnDashLearnDash20.74%
  • A favicon of MoodleMoodle16.14%
  • A favicon of SkolengoSkolengo15.76%
  • A favicon of ThimPress LearnPressThimPress LearnPress15.22%
  • A favicon of Tutor LMSTutor LMS6.33%
  • A favicon of TeachableTeachable4.55%
  • …Others21.3%
Live detection data · as of 2026-08-19

Learning Management (LMS)
FAQ.

What is Learning Management (LMS) software?

Learning Management (LMS) covers the tools a site can load or configure to handle this part of its stack. We detect one of the 60 learning management (lms) tools in this category on 86,556 live sites. A detection means we found the technology on the site, which is not the same as a paid account.

What are the most popular learning management (lms) platforms?

Across 86,556 detected sites, the most widely found learning management (lms) tools are: LearnDash (20.74% share, 17,956 sites), Moodle (16.14% share, 13,966 sites), Skolengo (15.76% share, 13,645 sites). Others we see regularly include ThimPress LearnPress and Tutor LMS.

Which learning management (lms) tool has the largest market share?

LearnDash is the most widely detected learning management (lms) tool at 20.74% share, on 17,956 sites. The largest share of those sites belongs to Professional Training and Coaching companies, and to businesses in the 1-10 employee band.

Which industries use learning management (lms) software the most?

The industries with the most detected sites in this category are Professional Training and Coaching, Higher Education, E-Learning Providers, Education, Education Administration Programs. Industry mix follows where these tools get installed, so a category carried by website builders or agency templates will lean toward the verticals those platforms serve rather than the vendor's target buyer.

Which countries have the highest adoption of learning management (lms) tools?

We detect the most learning management (lms) sites in United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia. Country here is the company's registered location in our enriched data rather than where the site is served from, so read it as a ranking of markets rather than a measure of any single one.

How do I choose the right learning management (lms) platform?

Start from your own size, industry and primary use case rather than from share. LearnDash, Moodle and Skolengo are the three we detect most often in this category, which tells you what is common, not what fits you. Compare their integrations, pricing tiers and support commitments against the workflow you actually run, and check each vendor's own documentation for current capabilities.

How many companies use learning management (lms) software?

TechnologyChecker.io detects learning management (lms) tools on 86,556 live sites. That is a count of sites carrying the technology, not a count of paying customers, and a site running two tools in this category is counted under each. We crawl 2 billion+ URLs across 29.9M live business domains each sweep.

What is the source of this data?

TechnologyChecker.io's web crawling and technology detection platform. We've logged 2.12 billion total detections over 20+ years, covering 40,000+ technologies across the 29.9M live business domains we successfully crawl each sweep. Detection methods include JavaScript analysis, HTTP headers, HTML patterns, DNS records, and certificate transparency logs.