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70,000,000
70,000,000 -- monthly posts published for WordPress.com (2026)
WordPress.com users publish around 70 million posts per month on websites hosted with WordPress.com.
- Approximation ("Around 70 million")
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70,000,000
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Count
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2026
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B
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95
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60
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60
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30
Methodology
60
Freshness
95
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Automattic
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WordPress.com: 70,000,000 monthly posts published. Source: Automattic (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-com-monthly-posts
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