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The State of Thinkific in 2026

Updated Oct 30 2026

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

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Thinkific Growth

At present, there are 37,153 live stores running on the Thinkific platform.

Here is the historical growth of stores running Thinkific.

  • Thinkific stores increased 0.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2026 Q3.
  • Thinkific stores increased 3% year-over-year in 2026 Q3.
Quarter
Active Stores
2022 Q1
28,062
2022 Q2
28,025
2022 Q3
31,598
2022 Q4
32,008
2023 Q1
31,057
2023 Q2
32,786
2023 Q3
33,663
2023 Q4
34,385
2024 Q1
35,016
2024 Q2
34,483
2024 Q3
34,487
2024 Q4
35,046
2025 Q1
35,156
2025 Q2
35,554
2025 Q3
35,781
2025 Q4
36,423
2026 Q1
37,018
2026 Q2
37,075
2026 Q3
37,024
2026 Q4 (to date)
37,153
Active Stores by Quarter

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

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

Social Media Usage On Thinkific 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.

  • Instagram is used by 18.6% of Thinkific stores.
  • Facebook is used by 18.5% of Thinkific stores.
  • YouTube is used by 8.5% of Thinkific stores.
Type
Stores
Instagram
6,903
Facebook
6,859
YouTube
3,176
LinkedIn
2,966
Twitter
1,749
Facebook Group
858
Pinterest
273
WhatsApp
202
Tiktok
173
Yelp
10
Soundcloud
8
Discord
7
Snapchat
3

Contact Information On Thinkific 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.

  • 4% of Thinkific stores provide a phone number on their website
  • 1% of Thinkific stores have an email on their website
Type
Stores
Phone
1,524
Email
307

Top Categories For Thinkific Stores

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

  • 50.5% of Thinkific stores sell Jobs & Education products.
  • 12.8% of Thinkific stores sell People & Society products.
  • 7.5% of Thinkific stores sell Health products.

Top Countries For Thinkific Stores

Here are the top countries for stores using Thinkific.

  • 3.6% of Thinkific stores are in United States
  • 1.6% of Thinkific stores are in Canada
  • 1.5% of Thinkific stores are in United Kingdom
  • 1.1% of Thinkific stores are in Australia
Country
Stores
580
402
99
89
85
71
71

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

Number Of Employees For Thinkific Stores

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

  • 98.8% of Thinkific stores have Unknown employees.
  • 0.4% of Thinkific stores have 1 - 9 employees.
  • 0.2% of Thinkific stores have 10 - 24 employees.
Employees
Stores
Unknown
36,703
1 - 9
142
10 - 24
88
25 - 49
51
50 - 99
43
100 - 249
46
250 - 999
49
1000 - 4999
15
5000+
16

Number Of Products Sold For Thinkific Stores

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

  • 28.0% of Thinkific stores sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 1.9% of Thinkific stores sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 1.6% of Thinkific stores sell 100 - 249 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
10,418
10 - 24
723
25 - 49
543
50 - 99
111
100 - 249
609
250 - 999
408
1000 - 4999
104
5000 - 9999
31
10000 - 24999
19
25000 - 99999
23

Top Technologies on Thinkific Stores

We're tracking 230 different technologies that have 211,128 collective installs on Thinkific stores.

  • Cloudflare is used by 100.0% of Thinkific stores.
  • Cloudflare CDN is used by 98.7% of Thinkific stores.
  • reCAPTCHA is used by 79.2% of Thinkific stores.

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

Technology
Stores
37,138
29,416
10,492
6,462

Top Shipping Carriers Used By Thinkific Stores

  • USPS is used by 0.0% of Thinkific stores.
  • UPS is used by 0.0% of Thinkific stores.
  • Fedex is used by 0.0% of Thinkific stores.

Here are the top 9 shipping carriers across all Thinkific stores.

Shipping Carrier
Stores
USPS
18
UPS
18
Fedex
17
Correos
6
Australia Post
4
Canada Post
3
Royal Mail
2
Purolator
1
New Zealean Post
1

Thinkific Store Top-level Domain Distribution

.com is the most popular top-level domain for Thinkific 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.

  • 88.9% of Thinkific stores have a .com domain.
  • 2.5% of Thinkific stores have a .org domain.
  • 1.0% of Thinkific stores have a .ca domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
33,035
.org
938
.ca
358
.co.uk
277
.com.au
255
.net
211
.academy
139
.co
131
.io
107
.it
75

Top Thinkific Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.shibariacademy.com
42,936
2019/06/14
CG Cookie
42,963
2020/08/14
DunbarAcademy.com
149,527
2016/12/30
UPI Study
176,705
2022/02/04
Study Edge
197,041
2022/04/22

New Thinkific Stores

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
www.escueladesabiduria.life
3,839,726
2026/10/30
The Dog Fear Coach
7,183,224
2026/10/30
EmpactX Blockchain Academy
7,356,872
2026/10/30
CapabilityVision™
7,454,989
2026/10/30
www.entfirstacademy.com
7,480,933
2026/10/30

Stores Switching to Thinkific From Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Thinkific has taken 34 merchants from competitive ecommerce platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
Last Platform
Changed
www.quantumacademy.school
1,430,625
Shopify
2026/09/11
www.aptly.co
2,075,286
Teachable
2026/08/31
Animawarriors
3,644,282
Wix
2026/08/20
Plan and Spec
4,055,281
Shopify
2026/08/13
Fresh Start Network
4,635,258
Squarespace
2026/09/30

Stores Switching from Thinkific To Other Platforms

Over the last 90 days, Thinkific has lost 23 merchants to competitive platforms.

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

Name
Domain
Rank
New Platform
Changed
Lean6Sigma Academy
612,357
WooCommerce
2026/08/24
Ace My Path
1,694,542
Shopify
2026/09/07
www.modernsomatics.com
3,838,709
Kajabi
2026/08/24
LTC Dietitian
4,111,876
Kajabi
2026/09/13
Ability Lab Academy
4,233,794
Custom Cart
2026/09/07

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