Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market Share & Usage Statistics (2026)
LearnDash runs on 19,118 live websites, 19.9% of the 96,264 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 Oct 19, 2026
- #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 websites19,118Market Share19.86%Top CountryUnited States - #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 websites16,955Market Share17.61%Top CountrySpain - #3
LearnPress
Companies that use LearnPress: 13,905 live domains in our October 2026 crawl, including Kennesaw State University, Universidad EIA and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria. 4th of 60 in Learning Management.
Live websites13,905Market Share14.44%Top CountryUnited States 
Tutor LMS
Companies that use Tutor LMS: at least 5,884 live domains in our October 2026 crawl, including GeBBS Healthcare Solutions, Swami Rama Himalayan University and Nigeria's NITDA.
Live websites5,884Market Share6.11%Top CountryUnited States
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 websites4,394Market Share4.56%Top CountryUnited States
Thinkific
Thinkific is a hosted platform for building and selling online courses.
Live websites3,425Market Share3.56%Top CountryUnited States
LearnWorlds
Companies that use LearnWorlds: our October 2026 crawl finds 2,658 domains running a LearnWorlds school, including the Natural History Museum, AFC Ajax and Zyxel. 8th of 60 tools in Learning Management (LMS).
Live websites2,658Market Share2.76%Top CountryUnited States
LifterLMS
Companies that use LifterLMS: 2,304 live domains in our October 2026 crawl, including the International Gemological Institute, Econolite and Norda Stelo.
Live websites2,304Market Share2.39%Top CountryUnited States
Edwiser Bridge
Companies that use Edwiser Bridge: our October 2026 crawl finds the WordPress-to-Moodle plugin on 1,386 domains, including the National Physical Laboratory, Inatel and the Chartered College of Teaching.
Live websites1,386Market Share1.44%Top CountryUnited States
WP Courseware
Companies that use WP Courseware: our October 2026 crawl finds the paid WordPress LMS plugin on 897 domains, including Walker Products, Skillcrush and the Georgia Historical Society. 15th of 60 in LMS.
Live websites897Market Share0.93%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.
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Expert Insight: Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market Share & Momentum
Over two fifths of this category is WordPress plugins, and the platforms most students use barely register.
At about 96,000 domains this is the smallest category we publish. LearnDash leads with roughly 20%, Moodle is at about 18%, Skolengo 15% and ThimPress LearnPress 14%. Four WordPress plugins hold about 43% between them. Canvas shows up on only about 100 domains and Blackboard and Brightspace not at all, and that near-absence is a property of how they are hosted rather than of their size.
Four plugins, one platform, one national system
LearnDash, ThimPress LearnPress, Tutor LMS and LifterLMS are WordPress plugins and together hold about 43% of the category. Moodle at about 18% is the only standalone platform in the top four. Skolengo at about 15% is a French school-administration system, so close to a sixth of this table is effectively one country's public education sector.
Nothing is growing, and the plugins are slipping
No entry in the top six gained over 90 days: Moodle and Skolengo are flat, while ThimPress LearnPress is down about 770, LearnDash about 630 and Tutor LMS about 330, in a category small enough that a few hundred domains would show. Genially is the largest real gain at about 145 over the quarter. YourMembership's 90-day gain of about 1,200 looks bigger, but it's nearly its whole base and should be read as a detection onset rather than adoption.
About 3.8% turnover, and Moodle is the stickiest of the big four
Moodle dropped from about 200 domains over 30 days on a base of about 17,000, around 1.2% and 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.
The three biggest names in the market are nearly invisible to this method
Canvas, Blackboard and Brightspace run on vendor-hosted domains, so an institution using one usually leaves nothing detectable on its own domain, which is why Canvas registers on only about 100. 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.
Market Share
- LearnDash19.86%
- Moodle17.61%
Skolengo15.15%- ThimPress LearnPress14.44%
- Tutor LMS6.11%
- Teachable4.56%
- …Others22.3%
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 96,264 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 96,264 detected sites, the most widely found learning management (lms) tools are: LearnDash (19.86% share, 19,118 sites), Moodle (17.61% share, 16,955 sites), Skolengo (15.15% share, 14,587 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 19.86% share, on 19,118 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, Business Consulting and Services. 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, India, 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 96,264 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.