Moodle has a large and diverse user community with over half a million registered users, speaking 86 languages, and currently 53,794 Moodle sites from approximately 112 countries have been registered (Dougiamas, 2011, Brandl, 2005). Table 10.14 shows 48 countries, chosen from those 112 countries, that have sites and have registered with Moodle.
No |
Country |
No of sites |
No |
Country |
No of Sites |
1 |
United States |
9530 |
25 |
India |
384 |
2 |
Spain |
4800 |
26 |
Russian Federation |
374 |
3 |
Brazil |
3751 |
27 |
Indonesia |
327 |
4 |
United Kingdom |
3331 |
28 |
Venezuela |
304 |
5 |
Germany |
2490 |
29 |
New Zealand |
282 |
6 |
Portugal |
1923 |
30 |
Sweden |
263 |
7 |
Australia |
1475 |
31 |
Turkey |
253 |
8 |
Canada |
1343 |
32 |
Malaysia |
246 |
9 |
Mexico |
1306 |
33 |
Hungary |
234 |
10 |
Italy |
1219 |
34 |
Belgium |
200 |
11 |
Poland |
1020 |
35 |
Greece |
190 |
12 |
Colombia |
943 |
36 |
South Africa |
177 |
13 |
Thailand |
914 |
37 |
Iran |
149 |
14 |
Taiwan |
834 |
38 |
Ukranie |
134 |
15 |
France |
795 |
39 |
Egypt |
120 |
16 |
Austria |
736 |
40 |
Romania |
120 |
17 |
Netherlands |
714 |
41 |
Korea |
120 |
18 |
Chile |
706 |
42 |
Saudi Arabia |
113 |
19 |
Japan |
692 |
43 |
Denmark |
109 |
20 |
Peru |
657 |
44 |
Hong Kong |
101 |
21 |
Argentina |
651 |
45 |
United Arab Emirates |
84 |
22 |
Switzerland |
542 |
46 |
Bulgaria |
87 |
23 |
Finland |
440 |
47 |
Morocco |
54 |
24 |
China |
414 |
48 |
Lebanon |
29 |
The highest number of sites using Moodle is in the United States (US), where there are more than 9530sites. In Spain, Brazil and the United Kingdom, there are more than 4800, 3751 and 3331 sites respectively that have installed and are using Moodle. In contrast, in Lebanon there are only 29 sites using Moodle. Figure 10 illustrates Moodle on a map of the world. We can see from this map that Moodle is concentrated in Europe and the US.
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