Historical Background and Localization: Recollection of WordPress’s first localization in Japan in 2003. Growth of WordPress market share globally and specifically in Japan. Also Wapuu came from Japan at a WordCamp event in 2009. It’s GPL and each camp/location have their own flair WordPress Releases and Development: WordPress sits at 43.6% of the web and 62.3% of the CMS market share. Shopify is next at 6.6%. In Japan the numbers are more impressive. 58.5% of Japanese websites and 83% of the CMS market share (Shopify is 2.7% in Japan). 500M global downloads.
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