B
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42.5%
42.5% -- cms market share for WordPress (2025)
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Value
42.5%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
Entity
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Sources (2)
WordPress
Primary
Tier B
https://wp-content.co/wordpress-facilitator-training-program-launched/ ↗
Source Article
The WordPress Facilitator Training Program Launched
The WordPress Community Team has launched the WordPress Facilitator Training Program, a free initiative designed to help people teach WordPress topics to others in their communities and institutions. The program is open to anyone interested in facilitating WordPress learning, including campus educat…
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2026-09-21
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WordPress
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Methodology
CMS market share cited as decreasing from 43% to 42.5%; source of underlying measurement not stated
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 17% | |
| 2013 | 50% | +194.1% |
| 2014 | 21% | -58.0% |
| 2016 | 25.4% | +21.0% |
| 2017 | 59.3% | +133.5% |
| 2017-01 | 59.4% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 18% | -69.7% |
| 2018 | 32% | +77.8% |
| 2018 | 28% | -12.5% |
| 2019 | 34% | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 68% | +100.0% |
| 2020 | 35% | -48.5% |
| 2020 | 39% | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 58.55% | +50.1% |
| 2020 | 30% | -48.8% |
| 2020 | 25.6% | -14.7% |
| 2020 | 40% | +56.2% |
| 2020 | 62.1% | +55.2% |
| 2021 | 39% | -37.2% |
| 2021 | 39.6% | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 42% | +6.1% |
| 2021 | 35% | -16.7% |
| 2021 | 41% | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 65.2% | +59.0% |
| 2021 | 40% | -38.7% |
| 2021 | 38.6% | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 39.9% | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 64.2% | +60.9% |
| 2023 | 29% | -54.8% |
| 2023 | 43% | +48.3% |
| 2023 | 63.5% | +47.7% |
| 2023 | 64.3% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 65.2% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 35% | -46.3% |
| 2024 | 45.8% | +30.9% |
| 2024 | 62.6% | +36.7% |
| 2024-09 | 62.6% | 0% |
| 2025 (current) | 61.4% | -1.9% |
| 2025 (current) | 64.3% | +4.7% |
| 2025 (current) | 42.5% | -33.9% |
| 2025 (current) | 53% | +24.7% |
| 2025 (current) | 63.5% | +19.8% |
| 2025 (current) | 62.1% | -2.2% |
| 2025 (current) | 33% | -46.9% |
| 2025 (current) | 41.9% | +27.0% |
| 2025 (current) | 59.4% | +41.8% |
| 2026 | 35% | -41.1% |
| 2026 | 65% | +85.7% |
| 2026 | 41.9% | -35.5% |
| 2026 | 43.4% | +3.6% |
| 2026 | 32% | -26.3% |
| 2026 | 60.6% | +89.4% |
| 2026 | 41.5% | -31.5% |
| 2026 | 43.3% | +4.3% |
| 2026 | 30% | -30.7% |
| 2026 | 36% | +20.0% |
| 2026 | 59.9% | +66.4% |
| 2026 | 58.55% | -2.3% |
| 2026 | 26% | -55.6% |
| 2026 | 42% | +61.5% |
| 2026 | 63.1% | +50.2% |
| 2026-06 | 59.4% | -5.9% |
| 2026-09 | 40.2% | -32.3% |
Segmentation
IndustryMedia
RegionUS
RoleAll marketers
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WordPress: 42.5% cms market share. Source: WordPress (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-cms-market-share-42-5
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