B
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43%
43% -- cms website market share for WordPress (2026)
WordPress powers more than 43% of all websites on the internet.
- Stated as 'more than 43%' without named primary source attribution
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Value
43%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
W3Techs
Primary
Tier C
https://www.awcode.com/news/wordpress-for-startups-beyond-blogging ↗
Source Article
WordPress for Startups: Beyond Blogging | AWcode — AWcode
WordPress for Startups: Beyond Blogging | AWcode
2026-03-23
WordPress for Startups: Why Smart Founders Choose Open Source in 2026
If you still think WordPress is just for blogging, you're leaving a serious competitive advantage on the table. Picture a startup founder staring at two technical proposa…
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W3Techs
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Methodology
Stated as 'more than 43% of all websites on the internet' in a vendor blog without named attribution; figure matches W3Techs' ongoing web technology usage surveys of CMS market share.
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43% | |
| 2025 | 40% | -7.0% |
| 2025-07 | 43.4% | +8.5% |
| 2026 (current) | 42.6% | -1.8% |
| 2026 (current) | 43% | +0.9% |
| 2026-05 | 43% | 0% |
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WordPress: 43% cms website market share. Source: W3Techs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-cms-website-market-share-2026
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