Some of you may not have heard of Shopify before, but if you have a small business and are interested in selling items online (who isn’t these days?), you really should become familiar with them. Their platform makes it easy for retailers to setup an online store quickly and they have convinced hundreds of thousands of businesses to use their services.

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So just how big has Shopify become? Here are the more interesting Shopify statistics and facts I was able to dig up. As always, I will be adding more and updating these periodically as I find new stuff. Be sure to check back regularly.

Please note that some of these numbers are easier to find than others. A few of these stats come from Shopify’s own reports, but some are based on news reports and not official company tallies. Basically, this is the best I can find and I don’t guarantee anything to be 100% accurate.

Shopify Facts

• Year Shopify launched: 2004
• Shopify headquarters: Ottawa, Canada
• Shopify founders: Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, Scott Lake

Shopify Statistics

Number of Shopify merchants:

600,000 merchants

Last updated 9/5/18

Number of Shopify merchant clients:

20,000

Last updated 5/4/16

Percentage of Shopify merchants that have enabled social selling:

25%

Last updated 2/16/16

Percentage of Shopify traffic that comes from mobile:

73%

Last updated 2/15/18

Percentage of Shopify sales that come from mobile:

61%

Last updated 2/15/18

Number of apps available in the Shopify App Store:

2400 apps

Last updated 9/5/18

Number of Shopify App Store downloads to date:

7 million

Last updated 8/1/17

Total amount of sales processed on Shopify to date:

$63 billion 

Last updated 9/5/18

Number of countries Shopify has merchants in:

175 countries

Last updated 8/12/18

Number of people that actively use the Shopify backend platform:

1.2 million people

Last updated 8/1/17

Amount that Shopify Capital has advanced to date:

$130 million

Last updated 10/31/17

Number of Shopify employees:

3,000

Last updated 9/5/18

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