B
Evidence Grade B
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40%
40% -- cms market share for WordPress (2024)
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Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2024
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Sources (2)
W3Techs
Primary
Tier C
https://freshjuice.dev/blog/best-cms-platform-2024/ ↗
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Best CMS platform of 2024: WordPress, Squarespace & HubSpot
Best CMS platform of 2024: WordPress, Squarespace & HubSpot
Are you planning on setting up a website for your business or any kind of project you’re up to? You’ve probably been wondering which CMS platform would fit best taking into account the content and the goal of your future site, so we’re here…
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Methodology
Secondary citation of widely reported W3Techs data on WordPress powering 40%+ of all websites globally
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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 | 29.9% | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 30% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 28% | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 34% | +21.4% |
| 2020 | 35% | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 39% | +11.4% |
| 2020 | 62.1% | +59.2% |
| 2020 | 40% | -35.6% |
| 2020 | 25.6% | -36.0% |
| 2020 | 30% | +17.2% |
| 2020 | 58.55% | +95.2% |
| 2020 | 68% | +16.1% |
| 2021 | 39.9% | -41.3% |
| 2021 | 42% | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 62% | +47.6% |
| 2021 | 65.2% | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 41% | -37.1% |
| 2021 | 38.6% | -5.9% |
| 2021 | 39.6% | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 40% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 35% | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 39% | +11.4% |
| 2022 | 64.2% | +64.6% |
| 2023 | 29% | -54.8% |
| 2023 | 43% | +48.3% |
| 2023 | 63.5% | +47.7% |
| 2023 | 64.3% | +1.3% |
| 2024 (current) | 35% | -45.6% |
| 2024 (current) | 62.6% | +78.9% |
| 2024 (current) | 40% | -36.1% |
| 2024-09 | 62.6% | +56.5% |
| 2025 | 42.5% | -32.1% |
| 2025 | 61.4% | +44.5% |
| 2025 | 43.4% | -29.3% |
| 2025 | 59.4% | +36.9% |
| 2025 | 33% | -44.4% |
| 2025 | 62.1% | +88.2% |
| 2025 | 53% | -14.7% |
| 2025 | 64.3% | +21.3% |
| 2025 | 62% | -3.6% |
| 2025 | 41.9% | -32.4% |
| 2025 | 63.5% | +51.6% |
| 2025-12 | 60.2% | -5.2% |
| 2026 | 41.9% | -30.4% |
| 2026 | 42% | +0.2% |
| 2026 | 63.1% | +50.2% |
| 2026 | 35% | -44.5% |
| 2026 | 26% | -25.7% |
| 2026 | 65% | +150.0% |
| 2026 | 60.8% | -6.5% |
| 2026 | 58.55% | -3.7% |
| 2026 | 36% | -38.5% |
| 2026 | 32% | -11.1% |
| 2026 | 62% | +93.8% |
| 2026 | 43.4% | -30.0% |
| 2026 | 41.5% | -4.4% |
| 2026 | 43.3% | +4.3% |
| 2026 | 30% | -30.7% |
| 2026 | 61.2% | +104.0% |
| 2026-01 | 43.8% | -28.4% |
| 2026-06 | 59.4% | +35.6% |
| 2026-09 | 40.2% | -32.3% |
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WordPress: 40% cms market share. Source: W3Techs (2024). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-market-share-of-websites-2024
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