C
Evidence Grade C
Graded
under review
Use with Hedging
Current
62%
62% -- cms market share for WordPress (2026)
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Evidence graded
Value
62%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
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
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
30
Freshness
95
Sources (3)
W3Techs
Primary
Tier C
https://www.combustible.ca/en/website-maintenance/ ↗
Source Article
Website maintenance services for WordPress
Also cited by
2026-09-23
2026-09-29
Original Research
W3Techs
· Original study ↗
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 | 28% | -52.9% |
| 2018 | 32% | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 18% | -43.8% |
| 2019 | 34% | +88.9% |
| 2020 | 62.1% | +82.6% |
| 2020 | 39% | -37.2% |
| 2020 | 40% | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 25.6% | -36.0% |
| 2020 | 30% | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 58.55% | +95.2% |
| 2020 | 35% | -40.2% |
| 2020 | 68% | +94.3% |
| 2021 | 65.2% | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 39.9% | -38.8% |
| 2021 | 38.6% | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 39% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 40% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 35% | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 39.6% | +13.1% |
| 2021 | 41% | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 62% | +51.2% |
| 2021 | 42% | -32.3% |
| 2022 | 64.2% | +52.9% |
| 2023 | 43% | -33.0% |
| 2023 | 63.5% | +47.7% |
| 2023 | 29% | -54.3% |
| 2023 | 65.2% | +124.8% |
| 2023 | 64.3% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 35% | -45.6% |
| 2024 | 62.6% | +78.9% |
| 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 | 62.1% | +17.2% |
| 2025 | 63.5% | +2.3% |
| 2025 | 33% | -48.0% |
| 2025 | 59.4% | +80.0% |
| 2025 | 41.9% | -29.5% |
| 2025 | 43.4% | +3.6% |
| 2026 (current) | 35% | -19.4% |
| 2026 (current) | 65% | +85.7% |
| 2026 (current) | 41.9% | -35.5% |
| 2026 (current) | 43.4% | +3.6% |
| 2026 (current) | 32% | -26.3% |
| 2026 (current) | 62% | +93.8% |
| 2026 (current) | 41.5% | -33.1% |
| 2026 (current) | 43.3% | +4.3% |
| 2026 (current) | 30% | -30.7% |
| 2026 (current) | 61.2% | +104.0% |
| 2026 (current) | 36% | -41.2% |
| 2026 (current) | 58.55% | +62.6% |
| 2026 (current) | 26% | -55.6% |
| 2026 (current) | 42% | +61.5% |
| 2026 (current) | 63.1% | +50.2% |
| 2026-01 | 43.8% | -30.6% |
| 2026-06 | 59.4% | +35.6% |
| 2026-09 | 40.2% | -32.3% |
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WordPress: 62% cms market share. Source: W3Techs (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-market-share-62
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