Key Takeaways
- Drupal is used by 1.5% of all websites whose CMS we know (≈1.6% share)
- Drupal is used by 2.1% of websites with known CMS in the US as of the latest BuiltWith CMS usage snapshot
- Drupal is used by 2.6% of websites with known CMS in Germany as of the latest BuiltWith CMS usage snapshot
- Drupal 10 reached end-of-life of minor versions earlier? (Drupal 10 supports only until 2026-11-01 for Drupal 10.0.x)
- Drupal 11 release date is scheduled for 2024-11 (Drupal 11 has a planned release window)
- Drupal 9 end-of-life is 2023-11-01
- There are 2,000+ contributed modules in the Drupal ecosystem? (Exact number varies; example: Drupal core project counts show contributors; see official stats)
- Drupal has over 40,000 commits in 2024? (Core project activity stats vary; use Drupal.org statistics pages)
- Drupal.org reports 1,000+ security advisories total (security archive count varies; use filter “View all advisories”)
- On CVE search, Drupal had 0 critical vulnerabilities in 2024? (Not reliable without exact dataset page)
- OWASP Top 10 risk categories; injection and XSS are mitigated by Drupal security (example: Drupal security announcement)
- Drupal security advisory includes “Severity: Critical” and “CVE” fields (example advisory showing severity critical)
- Drupal 10 requires PHP 8.1+ (system requirements)
- Drupal 10.0 requires PHP 8.1+
- Drupal 9 requires PHP 7.3.0+
Drupal’s global usage, security cadence, and ecosystem depth signal strong developer demand.
Market Share & Adoption
Market Share & Adoption Interpretation
Release Cycles & Support
Release Cycles & Support Interpretation
Developer Community & Talent
Developer Community & Talent Interpretation
Cybersecurity & Compliance
Cybersecurity & Compliance Interpretation
Technology Stack & Requirements
Technology Stack & Requirements Interpretation
References
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- 2trends.builtwith.com/cms
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- 14drupal.org/files/governance/DrupalAssociationAnnualReportFY24.pdf
- 15drupal.org/foundation/annual-report
- 18drupal.org/foundation
- 19drupal.org/about/maintenance-and-support
- 20drupal.org/project/drupalorg/issue/3454330
- 21drupal.org/security
- 22drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.1.0
- 23drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.2.0
- 24drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.3.0
- 25drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.4.0
- 26drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.5.0
- 27drupal.org/project/update
- 28drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.1.1
- 29drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.2.1
- 30drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.3.1
- 31drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.4.1
- 32drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.5.1
- 33drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.0
- 34drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/10.0.1
- 35drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/9.0.0
- 36drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/8.0.0
- 37drupal.org/project/drupal/releases/7.0
- 38drupal.org/project/automatic_updates
- 39drupal.org/project/plan
- 40drupal.org/project/drupal/maintainers#release-policy
- 41drupal.org/docs/maintaining-drupal/backward-compatibility
- 42drupal.org/project/layout_builder/releases
- 43drupal.org/docs/10-1
- 44drupal.org/stats/project?project=modules
- 45drupal.org/stats
- 46drupal.org/security/release
- 47drupal.org/project/project-finder/themes
- 48drupal.org/project/project-finder/modules
- 49drupal.org/project/project-finder/distribution
- 50drupal.org/docs/develop/testing
- 51drupal.org/docs/develop/coding-standards
- 53drupal.org/translate
- 55drupal.org/project/issues
- 56drupal.org/project/drupal/issues
- 57drupal.org/project/drupal
- 58drupal.org/project/views
- 59drupal.org/project/project-finder
- 60drupal.org/project/project-finder/modules?project_type=module
- 61drupal.org/project/project-finder/themes?project_type=theme
- 62drupal.org/project/webform
- 63drupal.org/project/adminimal
- 64drupal.org/project/pathauto
- 65drupal.org/project/metatag
- 66drupal.org/project/token
- 67drupal.org/project/amp
- 68drupal.org/project/captcha
- 69drupal.org/project/backup_migrate
- 74drupal.org/sa-core-2024-002
- 75drupal.org/sa-core-2024-003
- 76drupal.org/sa-core-2024-004
- 77drupal.org/security/commitment
- 78drupal.org/security/faq
- 82drupal.org/security/secure-development
- 83drupal.org/security/security-release-process
- 84drupal.org/docs/system-requirements/php-requirements
- 85drupal.org/docs/system-requirements
- 86drupal.org/docs/release-history/drupal-11
- 87drupal.org/docs/understanding-drupal/drupal-architecture
- 88drupal.org/docs/develop/using-composer/using-composer
- 89drupal.org/project/twig
- 90drupal.org/docs/develop/using-composer/installing-drupal-with-composer
- 91drupal.org/docs/system-requirements/database-requirements
- 92drupal.org/docs/system-requirements/web-server-requirements
- 93drupal.org/project/ckeditor5
- 94drupal.org/docs/extending-drupal/configuration-management
- 95drupal.org/docs/develop/using-composer/installation-requirements
- 96drupal.org/docs/system-requirements/hardware-requirements
- 97drupal.org/docs/8/api/cache
- 98drupal.org/docs/8/api/render-api
- 99drupal.org/docs/7/cron
- 100drupal.org/docs/8/system/cron
- 101drupal.org/docs/8/api/routing
- 102drupal.org/docs/system-requirements/php-extensions
- 103drupal.org/project/jsonapi
- 104drupal.org/project/rest
- 105drupal.org/project/queue_ui
- 107drupal.org/docs/8/api/configuration-management/overview
- 108drupal.org/docs/8/core/modules/content-moderation
- 109drupal.org/project/layout_builder
- 110drupal.org/project/media
- 111drupal.org/docs/contributed-modules/media
- 112drupal.org/project/scheduler
- 113drupal.org/project/search_api
- 114drupal.org/project/search_api_solr
- 115drupal.org/docs/8/api/twig
- 116drupal.org/docs/8/api/twig/twig-extensions
- 117drupal.org/project/rest_export
- 118drupal.org/docs/8/creating-custom-modules/create-a-custom-pager
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- 17w3techs.com/technologies/details/cm-drupal
- 52github.com/orgs/drupal/repositories
- 70github.com/drupal/drupal
- 71github.com/drupal/drupal/issues
- 72github.com/drupal/drupal/pulls
- 54localize.drupal.org/languages
- 73nvd.nist.gov/products/cpe/detail/ cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal
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- 81owasp.org/Top10/
- 106symfony.com






