Global Rich Text Editors Usage Statistics and Market Share
We are tracking usage statistics and market share of 10 web technologies in Rich Text Editors. In September 2023 the most popular web technology in Rich Text Editors is CKEditor with 44% market share. In second place there is TinyMCE with 37% market share. After that there are Froala Editor with 13%, Quill with 2% and Ace with 2% market share. Top 5 web technologies together have 98% market share. The remaining 5 web technologies in Rich Text Editors have a combined market share of 2%.
About Rich Text Editors
A Rich Text Editor is a replacement for standard HTML textarea. It allows for the rich formatting of text content, creating tables and lists and povide drag-and-drop inclusion of images.
We are tracking 10 different technologies in Rich Text Editors.
There are 288,822 websites using Rich Text Editors in out database.
Rich Text Editors Usage Statistics and Market Share in September 2023
#1 CKEditor 
44.07%
#2 TinyMCE 
37.34%
#3 Froala Editor 
13.49%
#4 Quill 
3.29%
#5 Ace 
1.53%
#6 Trix 
0.22%
#7 Monaco Editor 
0.03%
#8 Editor.js 
0.03%
#9 Etherpad 
0.00%
#10 FreeTextBox 
0.00%
Technologies in Rich Text Editors
CKEditor
CKEditor is a WYSIWYG rich text editor which enables writing content directly inside of web pages or online applications. Its core code is written in JavaScript and it is developed by CKSource. CKEditor is available under open-source and commercial licenses.
TinyMCE
TinyMCE is an online rich-text editor released as open-source software. TinyMCE is designed to integrate with JavaScript libraries, Vue.js, and AngularJS as well as content management systems such as Joomla!, and WordPress.
Froala Editor
Froala Editor is a WYSIWYG HTML Editor written in Javascript that enables rich text editing capabilities for applications.
Quill
Quill is a free open-source WYSIWYG editor.
Ace
Ace is an embeddable code editor written in JavaScript.
Trix
Trix is an open-source project from Basecamp, the creators of Ruby on Rails.
Monaco Editor
Monaco Editor is the code editor that powers VS Code. Monaco Editor is a tool in the text editor category of a tech stack.
Editor.js
Editor.js is a Javascript library which allows developers to implement a block base text editor with plugins on their page.
Etherpad
Etherpad is an open-source, web-based collaborative real-time editor, allowing authors to simultaneously edit a text document, and see all of the participants' edits in real-time, with the ability to display each author's text in their own colour.
FreeTextBox
FreeTextBox is a free open-source HTML Editor.
Rich Text Editors Market Share History in Last 12 Months
| Technology | November 2022 | December 2022 | January 2023 | February 2023 | March 2023 | April 2023 | May 2023 | June 2023 | July 2023 | August 2023 | September 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CKEditor | 42.66% | 42.67% | 42.73% | 42.75% | 43.30% | 42.88% | 42.95% | 43.56% | 43.94% | 44.04% | 44.07% |
| TinyMCE | 37.74% | 37.70% | 37.66% | 37.75% | 38.24% | 37.84% | 37.72% | 37.71% | 37.48% | 37.37% | 37.34% |
| Froala Editor | 16.13% | 16.02% | 15.81% | 15.59% | 15.53% | 15.08% | 15.04% | 14.04% | 13.61% | 13.56% | 13.49% |
| Quill | 2.68% | 2.75% | 2.82% | 2.85% | 2.92% | 2.93% | 2.97% | 3.13% | 3.22% | 3.26% | 3.29% |
| Ace | 0.67% | 0.73% | 0.82% | 0.89% | 0.96% | 1.07% | 1.11% | 1.32% | 1.47% | 1.50% | 1.53% |
| Trix | 0.08% | 0.09% | 0.10% | 0.11% | 0.12% | 0.13% | 0.14% | 0.18% | 0.20% | 0.21% | 0.22% |
| Editor.js | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| Monaco Editor | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% |
| Etherpad | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| FreeTextBox | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |