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29%

29% -- website market share for WordPress (2018)

2018  · smartlytics.io

WordPress powers 29% of the world's websites.

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29%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2018
Entity
WordPress
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smartlytics.io Primary Tier C
https://www.smartlytics.io/news-notes/2018/10/2/23-excellent-tools-to-start-your-business ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2018 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
23 Excellent Tools to Start Your Business — Smartlytics: New Jersey & New York-Digital Marketing Agency-Social Media, Analytics, Ads, Development, Design, Animation
23 Excellent Tools to Start Your Business 1. Trello - Web-based project management application. 2. Legal Zoom - LegalZoom is the nation's leading provider of personalized, online legal solutions and legal documents for small businesses and families. 3. Due.com - Due makes it easy for businesses to g…
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smartlytics.io · Original study ↗

Aggregate platform adoption figure cited in a listicle of business tools; original methodology not stated.

Methodology documented
Period Value Change
2015 39%
2016 25% -35.9%
2016 23.8% -4.8%
2017 30% +26.1%
2018 (current) 29% -3.3%
2019 35% +20.7%
2020 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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WordPress: 29% website market share. Source: smartlytics.io (2018). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-29-percent-of-websites
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-29-percent-of-websites" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>29%</strong> -- website market share for WordPress<br><small>Source: smartlytics.io (2018) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-29-percent-of-websites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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