What the Leaders Chose
Grab: Next.js. Shopee: React. Tokopedia: Next.js. GoTo: React. Lazada: React. The platforms that serve hundreds of millions of Southeast Asian users every day — none of them run WordPress, Drupal, or Joomla.
Next.js
Grab platform
Source: WebPulse scanner detection. Confirmed via HTML signatures.
React
Shopee platform
Source: WebPulse scanner detection. Custom React application.
Why It Matters for SMBs
When the region's most successful companies all converge on modern frameworks, it signals where the talent, ecosystem, and tooling investment is going. Developers who learn React and Next.js can work at Grab. Developers who learn WordPress maintain small business sites.
The talent pipeline follows the technology leaders. And in Southeast Asia, the technology leaders are unanimously modern.
