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Ecommerce stores using reCAPTCHA

Updated Dec 5 2025

reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects your website from spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA uses an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive challenges to keep automated software from engaging in abusive activities on your site. It does this while letting your valid users pass through with ease.

Get more information from the reCAPTCHA website.

reCAPTCHA is currently installed on 2,419,769 ecommerce stores.

In this report, we'll cover the following statistics on usage of reCAPTCHA on ecommerce stores.

  • reCAPTCHA usage on ecommerce stores
  • Top stores using reCAPTCHA
  • Stores that have recently installed reCAPTCHA
  • Top ecommerce platforms for stores with reCAPTCHA installed
  • Top categories for stores with reCAPTCHA installed
  • Top countries for stores with reCAPTCHA installed

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    reCAPTCHA Usage On Ecommerce Stores

    reCAPTCHA is currently installed on 2,419,769 ecommerce stores.

    • Installs for reCAPTCHA decreased -0.1% quarter-over-quarter.
    • Installs for reCAPTCHA decreased -7.6% year-over-year.
    Installs of reCAPTCHA over Time

    Top Stores using reCAPTCHA

    Here are the top 5 stores running reCAPTCHA ordered by store rank.

    Name
    Domain
    Rank
    Created
    to Costco Wholesale
    www.costco.com
    8
    2020/07/24
    Lowe’s Improvement
    www.lowes.com
    9
    2020/07/24
    Etsy
    www.etsy.com
    10
    2016/12/30
    Best Buy
    www.bestbuy.com
    11
    2016/12/30
    Mobile® Official Site
    www.t-mobile.com
    23
    2016/12/30

    Stores That Have Recently Installed reCAPTCHA

    Here are the stores that have installed reCAPTCHA most recently.

    Name
    Domain
    Rank
    Installed At
    Souls Collected, Legends Forged
    3j9pd8-iu.myshopify.com
    12,830,818
    2025/12/06
    mastec.co.nz
    mastec.co.nz
    10,709,652
    2025/12/06
    Puducherry Grama Bank
    pygb.bank.in
    12,158,356
    2025/12/06
    German Kebap Haus
    www.germankebaphaus.co.uk
    6,744,101
    2025/12/06
    Stanco Safety Products
    stancomfg.wpenginepowered.com
    7,494,688
    2025/12/06

    Top Ecommerce Platforms for stores using reCAPTCHA

    Here is the ecommerce platform breakdown for stores with reCAPTCHA installed.

    • 42.1% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on WooCommerce
    • 18.5% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on Custom Cart
    • 5.6% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on Big Cartel
    • 3.2% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on Shopify
    Top-level Domain
    Stores
    WooCommerce
    1,017,562
    Custom Cart
    447,040
    Big Cartel
    135,932
    Shopify
    76,980
    PrestaShop
    64,387
    JouwWeb
    55,504
    OpenCart
    47,233
    Magento
    38,818
    Weebly Commerce
    36,666
    BigCommerce
    28,629
    Thinkific
    28,490
    Spring
    26,976
    Squarespace
    23,452
    Color Me Shop
    22,138
    Fourthwall
    17,022
    Mercado Shops
    14,802
    SumUp
    13,541
    Ecwid
    13,483
    STORES
    11,558
    SHOPLINE
    10,919

    Top Categories for stores using reCAPTCHA

    Here are the top 10 industry verticals for stores using reCAPTCHA.

    • 11.4% of stores using reCAPTCHA sell Home & Garden products.
    • 11.2% of stores using reCAPTCHA sell Apparel products.
    • 7.5% of stores using reCAPTCHA sell Food & Drink products.
    Category
    Stores
    None
    433,822
    Home & Garden
    274,818
    Apparel
    271,016
    Food & Drink
    181,197
    Business & Industrial
    167,594
    Arts & Entertainment
    143,860
    Beauty & Fitness
    131,321
    People & Society
    129,990
    Health
    121,742
    Jobs & Education
    89,817

    Top Countries for stores using reCAPTCHA

    Here is the country platform breakdown for stores with reCAPTCHA installed.

    • 26.6% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in Unknown
    • 18.9% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in United States
    • 5.2% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in United Kingdom
    • 2.8% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in Netherlands
    Country
    Stores
    None
    642,982
    United States
    458,223
    United Kingdom
    124,752
    Netherlands
    68,661
    Australia
    63,296
    France
    62,341
    Germany
    60,848
    Spain
    59,002
    Brazil
    54,532
    Italy
    52,802

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