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Books & Literature stores on WooCommerce

Updated Jan 16 2026

There are 68,115 live WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

In this report, we'll cover the following essential statistics on WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

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The most popular subcategories under Books & Literature are:

  • 7.3% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category sell Writers Resources products
  • 4.0% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category sell Children's Literature products
  • 2.5% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category sell Poetry products

Here are the the top Books & Literature subcategories by store count.

Growth of Books & Literature Stores On WooCommerce

Here is the historical growth of stores on WooCommerce in the Books & Literature category.

  • WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have decreased -77.3% quarter-over-quarter in 2025 Q4.
  • WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have increased 41% year-over-year in 2025 Q4.
Quarter
New Active Stores
2017 Q1
407
2017 Q2
1,002
2017 Q3
454
2017 Q4
373
2018 Q1
843
2018 Q2
3,038
2018 Q3
1,129
2018 Q4
1,048
2019 Q1
2,141
2019 Q2
933
2019 Q3
1,277
2019 Q4
1,063
2020 Q1
1,456
2020 Q2
1,273
2020 Q3
1,221
2020 Q4
1,701
2021 Q1
3,033
2021 Q2
1,631
2021 Q3
1,237
2021 Q4
1,047
2022 Q1
674
2022 Q2
662
2022 Q3
1,985
2022 Q4
885
2023 Q1
898
2023 Q2
1,243
2023 Q3
2,574
2023 Q4
2,718
2024 Q1
2,372
2024 Q2
2,676
2024 Q3
2,033
2024 Q4
2,888
2025 Q1
2,349
2025 Q2
3,594
2025 Q3
3,611
2025 Q4
4,081
2026 Q1 (to date)
926
Active Store Count by Quarter

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

Social Media Usage On WooCommerce Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here are the top social media sites for WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

  • Instagram is used by 41.7% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
  • Facebook is used by 40.2% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
  • Twitter is used by 16.7% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
Type
Stores
Instagram
28,392
Facebook
27,404
Twitter
11,371
YouTube
9,268
LinkedIn
4,634
WhatsApp
3,636
Pinterest
3,382
Tiktok
3,274
Facebook Group
1,164
Soundcloud
204
Yelp
75
Snapchat
39
Applemusic
20

Contact Information On WooCommerce Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here are the top contact methods for WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

  • 52.8% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have an email on their website
  • 44.7% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category provide a phone number on their website
Type
Stores
Email
35,944
Phone
30,438

Top Countries For WooCommerce Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here are the top countries for WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

  • 11.8% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category are in United States
  • 4.3% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category are in United Kingdom
  • 3.2% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category are in Germany
  • 2.8% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category are in India
Country
Stores
2,175
1,877
1,781
1,647
1,628
1,511
1,393

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

Top WooCommerce Apps For Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here are the top WooCommerce apps, ordered by number of installs, across stores in the Books & Literature category.

  • 12.3% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have installed the WooPayments WooCommerce app.
  • 7.4% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have installed the Mailchimp WooCommerce app.
  • 1.3% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have installed the PayPal Payments WooCommerce 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 WooCommerce Stores In The Books & Literature Category

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

We're tracking 384 different technologies that have 318,699 collective installs on WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

  • Wordpress is used by 97.5% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
  • Google Tag Manager is used by 37.9% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
  • Yoast is used by 36.4% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.

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

Technology
Stores
66,379
24,807
16,609
9,074

Number Of Products Sold For WooCommerce Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here is the breakdown of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category by the number of products that they sell.

  • 33.8% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category sell 1 - 9 different products.
  • 11.9% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category sell 10 - 24 different products.
  • 10.6% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category sell 25 - 49 different products.
Products Sold
Stores
1 - 9
22,996
10 - 24
8,081
25 - 49
7,191
50 - 99
1,826
100 - 249
6,884
250 - 999
5,757
1000 - 4999
2,396
5000 - 9999
943
10000 - 24999
506
25000 - 99999
57

Top WooCommerce Themes For Stores In The Books & Literature Category

  • The astra theme is used by 11.8% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
  • The hello-elementor theme is used by 8.2% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
  • The divi theme is used by 6.4% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category.
Theme Name
Stores
astra
8,036
hello-elementor
5,571
divi
4,342
flatsome
2,636
woodmart
2,600
Unknown
1,843
storefront
1,553
oceanwp
1,227
kadence
1,057
blocksy
1,049

Top-level Domain Distribution For WooCommerce Stores In The Books & Literature Category

The majority of WooCommerce 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.

  • 53.0% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have a .com domain.
  • 2.9% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have a .de domain.
  • 2.5% of WooCommerce stores in the Books & Literature category have a .co.uk domain.
Top-level Domain
Stores
.com
36,099
.de
2,005
.co.uk
1,709
.it
1,495
.nl
1,390
.org
1,359
.fr
1,335
.net
1,206
.pl
1,170
.com.br
1,164

Top Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here are the top 5 Books & Literature stores ordered by worldwide store rank.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
Courses
1,181
2016/12/30
Baeldung
1,428
2016/12/30
Lulu
1,648
2017/01/27
Atlanta Magazine
1,837
2016/12/30
to Penguin
2,262
2016/12/30

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New Stores In The Books & Literature Category

Here are the top 5 most recent Books & Literature stores.

Name
Domain
Rank
Created
DEVISU
1,809,486
2026/01/16
AI Planet magazine
2,615,649
2026/01/16
Merlinus Publishers
3,112,009
2026/01/16
RIDICOLA
3,192,607
2026/01/16
Jawad Gul
3,243,322
2026/01/16

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