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Ecommerce stores using reCAPTCHA

Updated May 30 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 2,558,681 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 2,558,681 ecommerce stores.

    • Installs for reCAPTCHA increased 0.3% quarter-over-quarter.
    • Installs for reCAPTCHA decreased -8.9% year-over-year.
    Installs of reCAPTCHA over Time
    2020/01/31 2020/03/13 2020/04/24 2020/06/05 2020/07/17 2020/08/28 2020/10/09 2020/11/20 2021/01/01 2021/02/12 2021/03/26 2021/05/07 2021/06/18 2021/07/30 2021/09/10 2021/10/22 2021/12/03 2022/01/14 2022/02/25 2022/04/08 2022/05/20 2022/07/01 2022/08/12 2022/09/23 2022/11/04 2022/12/16 2023/01/27 2023/03/10 2023/04/21 2023/06/02 2023/07/14 2023/08/25 2023/10/06 2023/11/17 2023/12/29 2024/02/09 2024/03/22 2024/05/03 2024/06/14 2024/07/26 2024/09/06 2024/10/18 2024/11/29 2025/01/10 2025/02/21 2025/04/04 2025/05/16 0200,000400,000600,000800,0001,000,0001,200,0001,400,0001,600,0001,800,0002,000,0002,200,0002,400,0002,600,0002,800,0003,000,000

    Top Stores using reCAPTCHA

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

    Name
    Domain
    Rank
    Created
    eBay
    4
    2016/12/30
    to Costco Wholesale
    7
    2020/07/24
    Best Buy
    10
    2016/12/30
    Etsy
    11
    2016/12/30
    MobileĀ® Official Site
    19
    2016/12/30

    Stores That Have Recently Installed reCAPTCHA

    Here are the stores that have installed reCAPTCHA most recently.

    Name
    Domain
    Rank
    Installed At
    NONEREST
    12,605,988
    2025/05/31
    Village Wellness
    6,893,192
    2025/05/31
    wearewia.org
    6,422,221
    2025/05/31
    kuhva.com.ua
    4,156,738
    2025/05/31
    Bean Edital
    9,804,876
    2025/05/31

    Top Ecommerce Platforms for stores using reCAPTCHA

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

    • 42.9% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on WooCommerce
    • 19.0% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on Custom Cart
    • 5.3% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on Big Cartel
    • 3.2% of stores using reCAPTCHA are on Shopify
    Top-level Domain
    Stores
    1,097,622
    485,609
    136,846
    82,708
    69,358
    52,140
    44,560
    33,688
    29,592
    27,966
    25,247
    22,505
    19,996
    18,708
    18,091
    14,410
    14,056
    12,630
    11,811
    WooCommerceCustom CartBig CartelShopifyPrestaShopOpenCartMagentoWeebly Commerce

    Top Categories for stores using reCAPTCHA

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

    • 6.7% of stores using reCAPTCHA sell Apparel products.
    • 5.8% of stores using reCAPTCHA sell Home & Garden products.
    • 3.8% of stores using reCAPTCHA sell Food & Drink products.
    Category
    Stores
    None
    1,423,847
    170,901
    147,329
    98,166
    66,578

    Top Countries for stores using reCAPTCHA

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

    • 27.0% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in Unknown
    • 18.8% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in United States
    • 5.1% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in United Kingdom
    • 2.7% of stores using reCAPTCHA are in Australia
    Country
    Stores
    None
    689,964
    481,785
    131,013
    69,150
    67,524
    63,193
    62,085
    61,814
    60,164
    United StatesUnited KingdomAustraliaBrazilNetherlandsSpainFranceGermanyRussian Federation

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