C
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65.2%
65.2% -- cms market share for WordPress (2023)
WordPress accounts for 65.2% of all business websites with a known CMS.
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Value
65.2%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
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Evidence Quality
C
Moderate quality evidence
Useful directional data with some methodological gaps. Treat as indicative rather than definitive -- corroborate before citing in formal research.
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
30
Freshness
95
Sources (3)
Sitewired (citing CMS market data)
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Tier B
https://www.sitewired.com/wordpress ↗
Source Article
What Is The Wordpress Content Management System (CMS)?
What is WordPress? A Summary of the World’s Most Widely Used CMS
WordPress is the world’s leading content management system, accounting for 65.2% of all business websites with a known CMS. This equates to 42.4% of all types of websites on the internet being powered by WordPress. WordPress is ideal f…
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Sitewired (citing CMS market data)
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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 (current) | 29% | -54.8% |
| 2023 (current) | 43% | +48.3% |
| 2023 (current) | 63.5% | +47.7% |
| 2023 (current) | 64.3% | +1.3% |
| 2023 (current) | 65.2% | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 35% | -46.3% |
| 2024 | 45.8% | +30.9% |
| 2024 | 62.6% | +36.7% |
| 2024-09 | 62.6% | 0% |
| 2025 | 61.4% | -1.9% |
| 2025 | 64.3% | +4.7% |
| 2025 | 42.5% | -33.9% |
| 2025 | 53% | +24.7% |
| 2025 | 63.5% | +19.8% |
| 2025 | 62.1% | -2.2% |
| 2025 | 33% | -46.9% |
| 2025 | 41.9% | +27.0% |
| 2025 | 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% |
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WordPress: 65.2% cms market share. Source: Sitewired (citing CMS market data) (2023). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-cms-market-share-business-sites
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-cms-market-share-business-sites" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>65.2%</strong> -- cms market share for WordPress<br><small>Source: Sitewired (citing CMS market data) (2023) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-cms-market-share-business-sites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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