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ExpressionEngine is a PHP content management system originally developed by EllisLab and now maintained by Packet Tide. It is known for flexible custom fields, channels and templates that give developers full control over markup, with an add-on ecosystem for extra features. It became free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence, with paid add-ons and support available. Sites running ExpressionEngine are typically agency-built custom sites, an audience for CMS agencies, hosting providers and migration services.

ExpressionEngine is the platform behind 12,433 websites, which is 0% of all CMS detections we record. Websites built on ExpressionEngine are most often served from United States (5,738), United Kingdom (1,216) and Germany (1,041), and .com, .org and .net are the most common domain endings.

Websites using ExpressionEngine

Preview filters with coarse ranges. Exact ranks and registration dates are available in the dashboard when you download a list.

12,433 websites. Sign in to download the full list (free sample below, full lists from $69/mo)

23 days ago 2,172 websites used ExpressionEngine; today it is 12,433 (+472.4%).

Top countries for ExpressionEngine

United States
5.7K
United Kingdom
1.2K
Germany
1K
France
391
Belgium
376
Netherlands
373
Turkey
245
Canada
237

Top TLDs

.com
6.4K
.org
1.2K
.net
669
.uk
618
.nl
451
.de
289
.be
266
.info
185

Sample of 15 websites using ExpressionEngine

best-ranked first; the full list has 12,433
DomainCountryMajestic rankNetAPI rankContactsFirst seen
omnigroup.com US 9,335 18,616 2026-10-09
eufic.org FR 15,071 27,146 email 2026-10-11
pdc.edu US 14,988 27,529 phone 2026-10-10
iris.edu US 21,498 38,931 2026-10-12
expressionengine.com - 22,294 46,813 2026-10-16
worldobesity.org GB 23,156 62,425 2026-10-08
earthisland.org US 22,736 62,823 email phone 2026-10-10
htcdev.com US 25,470 65,843 2026-10-12
circleid.com - 28,153 68,089 2026-10-14
worldenergy.org GB 28,458 69,476 2026-10-11
shabdkosh.com US 76,885 69,749 2026-10-25
museumofhoaxes.com - 30,592 72,002 2026-10-11
scotland.org US 35,473 75,920 email 2026-10-10
onzetaal.nl NL 40,264 76,288 email phone 2026-10-13
titanhq.com US 49,196 82,315 email phone 2026-10-08

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Questions about ExpressionEngine websites

How many websites are built on ExpressionEngine?

As of November 2, 2026, 12,433 websites are built on ExpressionEngine. The number is recalculated every night from our own crawl of the web, so it follows real launches and migrations.

Who buys lists of ExpressionEngine websites?

Agencies and freelancers who build, maintain or migrate ExpressionEngine sites, vendors of plugins, themes and hosting for ExpressionEngine, and anyone selling a tool that integrates with it: every website on the list is a business that has already chosen the platform and keeps paying to run it.

Where are ExpressionEngine websites hosted?

United States leads with 5,738 websites, followed by United Kingdom (1,216) and Germany (1,041). The country is where the website is served from; sites on a hosted platform show the platform's country.

How do I find websites that recently moved to ExpressionEngine?

The New tab on this page lists websites where our crawler saw ExpressionEngine for the first time in the last days, newest first: new launches and migrations from other platforms. The Dropped tab shows websites that moved away from ExpressionEngine. Both lists download with a subscription and are refreshed every morning.

How do I get a list of ExpressionEngine websites?

A free BetaScan account downloads a {sample_rows}-row sample. A subscription from $69 a month gives the full list of 12,433 domains, or a dataset with emails, phones, country, hosting and ranks, filtered by country, TLD, rank and registration date. The lists of websites that recently moved to or away from ExpressionEngine are included. See pricing.

How does BetaScan detect ExpressionEngine?

Our crawler fetches the homepage of every domain we track and matches the page and its response headers against the signatures of 7,636 technologies. A website counts as using ExpressionEngine when its latest crawl shows the signature; when the signature disappears, the site moves to the dropped list.