Joomla Benchmarks

Small to mid sized organizations that need a flexible CMS with stronger structure than basic site builders.

A business or community website.

• Joomla sites in our corpus skew toward government, education, and enterprise organizations. These sites update frequently, have clear content hierarchies, and reflect active long-term management.
• Content depth on Joomla sites is high -- the platform has been hosting serious content since 2005, and the installed base reflects that longevity.
• Access control and multi-author workflows are better utilized on Joomla than on any other open-source CMS, reflecting the organizational use cases.

• Outdated templates that pre-date mobile-first design. Joomla's template ecosystem hasn't evolved as fast as WordPress's theme market.
• Schema markup almost entirely absent -- Joomla has no built-in schema tooling, and the extension ecosystem for it is limited.
• Mixed content warnings from HTTP assets embedded in otherwise HTTPS pages. Older sites migrated to HTTPS without fully auditing embedded resources.

• Joomla sites in our corpus have among the longest average domain ages of any CMS. These are sites that have been running for years -- the installed base is stable, not growing.
• Government and education sites appear in our Joomla corpus at a disproportionately high rate. The content governance and multi-author workflow features attract institutional operators.