The State of AliExpress in 2026

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on AliExpress usage.

• AliExpress growth
• Social media usage on AliExpress stores
• Contact information on AliExpress stores
• Top categories for AliExpress stores
• Top countries for AliExpress stores
• Number of employees for AliExpress stores
• Number of products sold for AliExpress stores
• Top AliExpress technologies
• Top Shipping Carriers used by AliExpress stores
• AliExpress store top-level domain distribution
• Top AliExpress stores
• New AliExpress stores
• Stores switching to AliExpress from other platforms
• Stores switching from AliExpress to other platforms

AliExpress Growth

At present, there are 1,396 live stores running on the AliExpress platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running AliExpress.

• AliExpress stores decreased -32.2% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q1.

Note: the store counts displayed in this section are based on actual historical store counts.

It's hard to know exactly when a AliExpress store was first created but we use a heuristic that includes historical DNS data which provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On AliExpress Stores

Ecommerce brands use social media sites to engage with millions of consumers. Instagram and Facebook are the dominant social media sites for ecommerce stores, by far, with Twitter, Pinterest and YouTube also having notable usage.

• Facebook is used by 10.7% of AliExpress stores.
• Instagram is used by 10.4% of AliExpress stores.
• Twitter is used by 10.0% of AliExpress stores.

Contact Information On AliExpress Stores

Email remains an extremely popular communication channel for merchants. Many merchants also provide a phone number so that their customers can reach them instantly.

• 13% of AliExpress stores provide a phone number on their website
• 12% of AliExpress stores have an email on their website

Top Categories For AliExpress Stores

Here is the breakdown of industry verticals for stores on AliExpress.

• 6.2% of AliExpress stores sell Food & Drink products.
• 5.9% of AliExpress stores sell Apparel products.
• 4.7% of AliExpress stores sell Computers products.

Top Countries For AliExpress Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using AliExpress.

• 5.9% of AliExpress stores are in China
• 1.1% of AliExpress stores are in United States
• 0.8% of AliExpress stores are in Russian Federation
• 0.4% of AliExpress stores are in Spain

With a paid account, stores can also be segmented by region and city.

Number Of Employees For AliExpress Stores

Here is the breakdown of AliExpress stores by the number of employees.

• 99.1% of AliExpress stores have Unknown employees.
• 0.4% of AliExpress stores have 100 - 249 employees.
• 0.3% of AliExpress stores have 1 - 9 employees.

Number Of Products Sold For AliExpress Stores

Here is the breakdown of AliExpress stores by the number of products that they sell.

• 9.7% of AliExpress stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 1.6% of AliExpress stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
• 0.9% of AliExpress stores sell 10 - 24 different products.

Top Technologies on AliExpress Stores

We're tracking 46 different technologies that have 1,122 collective installs on AliExpress stores.

• Google Tag Manager is used by 11.7% of AliExpress stores.
• Google Ads Pixel is used by 11.5% of AliExpress stores.
• Google Adsense is used by 11.5% of AliExpress stores.

Here are the top 10 third-party technologies, ordered by number of installs, across all AliExpress stores.

Top Shipping Carriers Used By AliExpress Stores

• Fedex is used by 1.0% of AliExpress stores.
• UPS is used by 0.9% of AliExpress stores.
• DHL is used by 0.4% of AliExpress stores.

Here are the top 10 shipping carriers across all AliExpress stores.

AliExpress Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for AliExpress stores. This is not surprising since alternate top-level domains have only been introduced somewhat recently and there is still a certain cachet associated with .com domains.

That said, you'll find stark regional differences in certain countries. In Australia, .com.au is the most common top-level domain with .com a close second. This is the exception however as .com domains dominate in virtually all other countries.

• 95.8% of AliExpress stores have a .com domain.
• 0.9% of AliExpress stores have a .us domain.
• 0.7% of AliExpress stores have a .ru domain.

Top AliExpress Stores

Here are the top stores, powered by AliExpress, ordered by store rank.

New AliExpress Stores

Here are the 0 highest-ranked stores added most recently.

Stores Switching to AliExpress From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, AliExpress has taken 180 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Here are the top stores that have switched to AliExpress from competitive ecommerce platforms.

Stores Switching from AliExpress To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, AliExpress has lost 7 merchants to competitive platforms.

Here are the top AliExpress stores that have recently changed to a competitive platform.

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