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Social Issues & Advocacy stores on Shopify

Updated Jan 9 2026

There are 6,862 live Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

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The most popular subcategories under Social Issues & Advocacy are:

  • 27.8% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category sell Charity & Philanthropy products
  • 23.4% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category sell Green Living & Environmental Issues products

Here are the the top Social Issues & Advocacy subcategories by store count.

Growth of Social Issues & Advocacy Stores On Shopify

Here is the historical growth of stores on Shopify in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

  • Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have decreased -86.8% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have increased 46% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
68
2017 Q2
50
2017 Q3
42
2017 Q4
68
2018 Q1
82
2018 Q2
167
2018 Q3
106
2018 Q4
108
2019 Q1
98
2019 Q2
121
2019 Q3
152
2019 Q4
117
2020 Q1
130
2020 Q2
177
2020 Q3
169
2020 Q4
199
2021 Q1
191
2021 Q2
145
2021 Q3
190
2021 Q4
165
2022 Q1
143
2022 Q2
136
2022 Q3
199
2022 Q4
140
2023 Q1
128
2023 Q2
173
2023 Q3
218
2023 Q4
220
2024 Q1
209
2024 Q2
257
2024 Q3
245
2024 Q4
317
2025 Q1
312
2025 Q2
322
2025 Q3
316
2025 Q4
463
2026 Q1 (to date)
61
Active Store Count by Quarter

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 Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here are the top social media sites for Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

  • Instagram is used by 58.0% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
  • Facebook is used by 43.5% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
  • YouTube is used by 18.3% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
3,982
Facebook
2,985
YouTube
1,255
Twitter
1,089
Tiktok
835
LinkedIn
693
Pinterest
679
Facebook Group
99
WhatsApp
56
Snapchat
11
Yelp
2
Soundcloud
2
Applemusic
2

Contact Information On Shopify Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here are the top contact methods for Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

  • 58.6% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have an email on their website
  • 32.9% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
4,022
Phone
2,255

Top Countries For Shopify Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here are the top countries for Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

  • 48.2% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category are in United States
  • 10.0% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category are in United Kingdom
  • 7.9% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category are in Canada
  • 5.7% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category are in Australia
Country
Stores
543
390
238
164
139
86

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

Top Shopify Apps For Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here are the top Shopify apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

  • 14.5% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have installed the Judge.me Product Reviews App Shopify app.
  • 13.7% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have installed the Klaviyo: Email Marketing & SMS Shopify app.
  • 11.5% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have installed the Printful: Print on Demand 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 Social Issues & Advocacy Category

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

We're tracking 403 different technologies that have 61,843 collective installs on Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

  • Cloudflare is used by 97.6% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 96.7% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
  • Arrive is used by 87.8% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.

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

Technology
Stores
6,695
6,028
4,269
4,081
3,986

Number Of Products Sold For Shopify Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here is the breakdown of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 28.2% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 17.2% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 14.1% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
1,934
10 - 24
1,183
25 - 49
969
50 - 99
708
100 - 249
726
250 - 999
529
1000 - 4999
144
5000 - 9999
12
10000 - 24999
14
25000 - 99999
8

Top Shopify Themes For Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy 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 512 different Shopify themes. Here are the top themes.

  • The trademark theme is used by 17.0% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
  • The dawn theme is used by 9.5% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
  • The debut theme is used by 8.1% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category.
Theme Name
Stores
trademark
1,165
dawn
655
debut
558
horizon
264
Unknown
261
rise
247
spotlight
181
ride
164
origin
132
refresh
123

Top-level Domain Distribution For Shopify Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy 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.

  • 53.7% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have a .com domain.
  • 16.6% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have a .org domain.
  • 2.8% of Shopify stores in the Social Issues & Advocacy category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
3,683
.org
1,140
.co.uk
194
.ca
192
.com.au
172
.shop
144
.de
116
.co
109
.store
99
.org.uk
70

Top Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here are the top 5 Social Issues & Advocacy stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Dr. Bronner's
93,945
2017/10/27
IQAir
94,844
2016/12/30
Fahlo
95,040
2021/06/18
Green Building Supply
97,400
2017/10/27
afsc.org
97,756
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Social Issues & Advocacy Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Social Issues & Advocacy stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Les pattes solidaires
8,521,835
2026/01/09
Givea
8,528,548
2026/01/09
Sarah's Shelter
8,534,098
2026/01/09
Purrlo
getpurrlo.shop
8,536,464
2026/01/09
LAUDVERT
8,538,666
2026/01/09

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