13 industries analyzed

Every industry has a different framework story.

Not every sector defaulted to WordPress. Government chose Drupal. Education built on Rails. Media is mid-migration.

Sectors

76%

Legacy avg

100%

Fintech modern

.gov

49% Drupal

14,349 sites. Not WordPress.

.edu

34% Drupal, 13% Rails

82,977 sites. Rails is a force.

Media

50 / 50

WordPress and Next.js — split.

Fintech

100% Modern

Every fintech chose Next.js.

Ecommerce

59% Shopify

Platform ate framework.

Healthcare

Fragmented

No dominant framework.

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Industry risk profiles

Government

Public Infrastructure on Private Risk

Government agencies worldwide running citizen services on legacy technology. The White House runs WordPress — but .gov overall is 49% Drupal across 14,349 sites.

Retail & E-commerce

Shopify Won Commerce. The Rest Is Legacy.

59% of .store TLDs run Shopify. From Australia to the UAE, one platform dominates commerce — and everything else is playing catch-up on aging infrastructure.

Education

.edu Is Not a WordPress Story

82,977 .edu sites scanned: WordPress 43%, Drupal 34%, Rails 13%. At scale, WordPress leads — but education is still the only sector where Drupal and Rails hold serious ground.

Hea

Patient Data Behind Fragmented Walls

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Fin

Transaction Infrastructure on Legacy Foundations

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Tel

Network Infrastructure on Legacy Foundations

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Man

Factory Floors Running on Yesterday's Code

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Ene

Critical Infrastructure on Aging Foundations

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Tra

Booking the Future on Systems from the Past

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Med

Media Is Split Down the Middle

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Aut

Software-Defined Vehicles on Legacy Supply Chains

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Adv

Martech Sprawl on Fragile Foundations

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Non

Mission-Critical Services on Donation-Funded Infrastructure

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The cross-industry pattern

Regulated industries modernize faster.
Unregulated ones carry more legacy.

Fintech (FCA, RBI): 100% modern. Government (no framework regulation): 76% legacy. The pattern holds across every region we measured. When regulators ask about security posture, organizations choose modern frameworks.

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