B
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39%
39% -- website market share for WordPress (2020)
WordPress powers over 39% of all websites on the internet.
- Stated as 'over 39%'
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Value
39%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2020
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
wp-content.co
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Tier C
https://wp-content.co/wordpress-5-6/ ↗
Source Article
WordPress 5.6 - New Features Explained
WordPress 5.6 Simone (named for the legendary performer Nina Simone) released on December 08, 2020 is a historical achievement with an all-women and non-binary release squad led by Josepha Haden. WP 5.6 will be the last major update scheduled for 2020. Release Candidate 2 was released on December 01…
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wp-content.co
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Methodology
Claim of WordPress CMS market share cited in release article; underlying measurement not stated
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39% | |
| 2016 | 25% | -35.9% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 30% | +26.1% |
| 2018 | 29% | -3.3% |
| 2019 | 35% | +20.7% |
| 2020 (current) | 39% | +11.4% |
| 2021-02 | 40% | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 | 37% | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 43% | +16.2% |
| 2024 | 43% | 0% |
| 2024 | 43.1% | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 43.6% | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 34% | -22.0% |
| 2025 | 33% | -2.9% |
| 2026 | 41% | +24.2% |
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