B
Evidence Grade B
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Current
41%
41% -- website market share for WordPress (2026)
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Value
41%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
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
talkbitz.com
Primary
Tier C
https://talkbitz.com/ways-to-save-money-blogging/ ↗
Source Article
Blogging for Beginners: How to Start a Blog and Make Money in 2026
You keep saying you will start a blog this year, then you close the laptop and do nothing.
You tell yourself it is too late, too full of other blogs, or that no one will care what you write anyway.
I was in that same spot seven years ago, staring at a blank screen and overthinking every small decisi…
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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 | 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 (current) | 41% | +24.2% |
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WordPress: 41% website market share. Source: talkbitz.com (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-41-percent-websites
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