Shopify Statistics and User Count (2023)

Shopify is a leading e-commerce platform that allows businesses to create and manage their online stores. It was founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke, Scott Lake, and Daniel Weinand and is based in Ottawa, Canada. Shopify provides a comprehensive set of tools and services that enable entrepreneurs and businesses of all sizes to sell products and services online.

With Shopify, users can easily set up and customize their online stores without extensive technical knowledge or coding skills. The platform offers a wide range of professionally designed templates and themes, which can be customized to match a brand’s unique look and feel. It also provides a user-friendly interface for managing inventory, processing orders, and tracking sales.

Shopify offers various features and functionalities to support e-commerce businesses, including secure payment processing, flexible shipping options, customer analytics, marketing tools, and integration with popular third-party applications. The platform also provides a seamless mobile experience, allowing businesses to reach customers on smartphones and tablets.

In addition to its core e-commerce platform, Shopify offers additional services and products to enhance the online selling experience. This includes Shopify Payments, which provides a streamlined payment processing solution, and Shopify POS (Point of Sale), which enables businesses to sell products in physical retail locations.

Shopify has gained popularity and a strong reputation among entrepreneurs and businesses due to its user-friendly interface, scalability, and extensive range of features. It has empowered countless individuals and companies to start and grow their online businesses successfully.

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Shopify Statistics

Here are a few of the most interesting Shopify statistics and facts I was able to dig up including user counts. As always, be sure to check back in the future as I will be updating this post as new and updated stats become available.

Shopify User Count

Number of Shopify merchants:

1.7 million merchants

Last updated 11/27/21

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Number of Shopify merchants in the UK:

80,000 merchants

Last updated 6/14/20

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Shopify Revenue Totals

Shopify revenue (annual):

• 2022: $5.6 billion
• 2021: $4.611 billion
• 2020: $2.929 billion
• 2019: $1.587 billion
• 2018: $1.073 billion
• 2017: $673.3 million
• 2016: $389.3 million
• 2015: $205.2 million
• 2014: $105 million

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Shopify Gross Merchandise Volume / GMV (annual):

• 2022: $197.2 billion
• 2021: $175.36 billion
• 2020: $119.6 billion
• 2019: $61.1 billion
• 2018: $41.1 billion
• 2017: $26.3 billion
• 2016: $15.4 billion
• 2015: $7.7 billion
• 2014: $3.8 billion

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Additional Shopify Statistics

Average monthly unique visitors to Shopify merchant shops:

319 million visitors

Last updated 1/1/20

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Average monthly browsing sessions on Shopify merchant shops:

3.2 billion sessions

Last updated 1/1/20

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Average Shopify orders per month:

65.5 million orders

Last updated 1/1/20

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Number of people that use Shopify Arrive:

16 million consumers

Last updated 4/28/20

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Amount that has been processed by Shop Pay:

$8 billion

Last updated 4/28/20

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Number of Shopify merchant clients:

20,000

Last updated 5/4/16

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Percentage of Shopify merchants that have enabled social selling:

25%

Last updated 2/16/16

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Percentage of Shopify traffic that comes from mobile:

73%

Last updated 2/15/18

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Percentage of Shopify sales that come from mobile:

61%

Last updated 2/15/18

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Number of apps available in the Shopify App Store:

2400 apps

Last updated 9/5/18

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Number of Shopify App Store downloads to date:

7 million

Last updated 8/1/17

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Total amount of sales processed on Shopify to date:

$63 billion 

Last updated 9/5/18

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Number of countries Shopify has merchants in:

175 countries

Last updated 1/1/20

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Shopify merchant geographical distribution:

• US: 52%
• UK: 7%
• Canada: 6%
• Australia: 6%
• Rest of World: 29%

Last updated 1/1/20 (source)

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Number of people that actively use the Shopify backend platform:

1.2 million people

Last updated 8/1/17

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Amount that Shopify Capital has advanced to date:

$130 million

Last updated 10/31/17

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Number of Shopify employees:

3,000

Last updated 9/5/18

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