Software stores on Shopify

There are 4,550 live Shopify stores in the Software category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the Software category.

• Growth of Software stores on Shopify
• Social media usage on Shopify stores in the Software category
• Contact information on Shopify stores in the Software category
• Top countries for Shopify stores in the Software category
• Top Shopify apps for stores in the Software category
• Number of products sold for Shopify stores in the Software category
• Top technologies for Shopify stores in the Software category
• Top themes for Shopify stores in the Software category
• Top-level domain distribution for Shopify stores in the Software category
• Top Software stores on Shopify
• New Software stores on Shopify

The most popular subcategories under Software are:

• 45.8% of Shopify stores in the Software category sell Multimedia Software products
• 26.2% of Shopify stores in the Software category sell Business & Productivity Software products

Here are the the top Software subcategories by store count.

Growth of Software Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Software category.

• Shopify stores in the Software category have decreased -20.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
• Shopify stores in the Software category have increased 86% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.

It's hard to know exactly when a Shopify store was first created but we use a heuristic combining DNS and WHOIS data that provides a reasonable approximation.

Social Media Usage On Shopify Stores In The Software Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Software category.

• Instagram is used by 35.5% of Shopify stores in the Software category.
• Facebook is used by 21.0% of Shopify stores in the Software category.
• YouTube is used by 20.6% of Shopify stores in the Software category.

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Software Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Software category.

• 54.0% of Shopify stores in the Software category have an email on their website
• 23.1% of Shopify stores in the Software category provide a phone number on their website

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Software Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Software category.

• 35.7% of Shopify stores in the Software category are in United States
• 8.2% of Shopify stores in the Software category are in United Kingdom
• 6.5% of Shopify stores in the Software category are in Canada
• 4.2% of Shopify stores in the Software category are in Germany

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

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Software Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Software category.

• 17.1% of Shopify stores in the Software category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
• 13.0% of Shopify stores in the Software category have installed the Shopify Local Delivery Shopify app.
• 10.8% of Shopify stores in the Software category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.

With a paid account on Store Leads, you'll be able to see which stores have installed specific apps. You can also see when specific apps were installed (or uninstalled) by each store.

Top Technologies on Shopify Stores In The Software Category

Many Shopify merchants run third-party technologies on their store in addition to apps from the Shopify App Store.

We're tracking 323 different technologies that have 37,918 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Software category.

• Cloudflare is used by 98.3% of Shopify stores in the Software category.
• Cloudflare CDN is used by 96.8% of Shopify stores in the Software category.
• Arrive is used by 87.0% of Shopify stores in the Software category.

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

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Software Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Software category by the number of products that they sell.

• 38.1% of Shopify stores in the Software category sell 1 - 9 different products.
• 18.5% of Shopify stores in the Software category sell 10 - 24 different products.
• 10.0% of Shopify stores in the Software category sell 25 - 49 different products.

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Software Category

Shopify has an active and extension theme store. Merchants using Shopify can use one of those pre-built theme or develop their own custom theme to meet their needs. We're currently tracking over 427 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

• The trademark theme is used by 13.9% of Shopify stores in the Software category.
• The dawn theme is used by 9.6% of Shopify stores in the Software category.
• The horizon theme is used by 6.8% of Shopify stores in the Software category.

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Software Category

The majority of Shopify stores use a .com domain. 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.

• 72.0% of Shopify stores in the Software category have a .com domain.
• 2.7% of Shopify stores in the Software category have a .shop domain.
• 2.5% of Shopify stores in the Software category have a .store domain.

Top Stores In The Software Category

Here are the top 5 Software stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

New Stores In The Software Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Software stores.

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