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Hong Kong Has the Most Diverse Web on Earth. Six Frameworks Above 5%.

Only 28% WordPress. 28% Drupal. 16% Shopify. 10% Rails. 7% Angular. 6% React. No other country comes close to this framework diversity.

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The Data

28% (397 of 1,432 detected)
WordPress on .hk
Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan, 4M+ sites.
28% (407 of 1,432)
Drupal on .hk
Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.
16% (231 of 1,432)
Shopify on .hk
Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.
10% (150 of 1,432)
Rails on .hk
Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.
7% (101 of 1,432)
Angular on .hk
Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.
6% (82 of 1,432)
React on .hk
Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan.

Most countries have one dominant framework and a long tail. Hong Kong has six frameworks above 5% — the most diverse framework landscape of any country TLD. WordPress and Drupal are tied at 28%. No monoculture. No default.

Why Hong Kong Is Different

Hong Kong sits at the intersection of British institutional heritage (Drupal), Chinese tech influence (Vue/React), global commerce (Shopify), and a local enterprise sector (Angular/Rails). The diversity reflects Hong Kong's position as a crossroads — not one culture's defaults, but a blend of every major tech tradition. The result is a web that looks like no other country on Earth.

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