B
Evidence Grade B
Graded
accuracy verified by the review judge
Safe to Cite
Recent
43.4%
43.4% -- cms website market share for WordPress (2025-07)
As of July 2025, WordPress powers 43.4% of all websites globally.
Attribution:
View source
Lighthouse Research Team
Last verified:
·
How we verify data →
Source verified
Evidence graded
Value
43.4%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025-07
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
Strong, reliable evidence
Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.
Single source - not yet corroborated
Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
W3Techs
Primary
Tier B
https://www.ballisticdesignstudio.com/post/the-cost-of-wordpress-to-webflow-migration ↗
Source Article
The Cost of WordPress to Webflow Migration: Is It Worth It?
Who’s the Best Webflow Partner for Startups on a Tight Timeline?
Simran Kataria
Simran Kataria
July 26, 2025
Table of Contents
For over two decades, WordPress has stood as the most widely used content management system (CMS). As of July 2025, W3Techs reports that WordPress powers 43.4% of all websit…
Original Research
W3Techs
· Original study ↗
Methodology
W3Techs website technology usage survey
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 43% | |
| 2025 | 40% | -7.0% |
| 2025-07 (current) | 43.4% | +8.5% |
| 2026 | 42.6% | -1.8% |
| 2026 | 43% | +0.9% |
| 2026-05 | 43% | 0% |
Segmentation
Industrymarketing
Cite this stat
Plain Text
WordPress: 43.4% cms website market share. Source: W3Techs (2025-07). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-43-4-percent-websites
HTML Embed
<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-43-4-percent-websites" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>43.4%</strong> -- cms website market share for WordPress<br><small>Source: W3Techs (2025-07) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-powers-43-4-percent-websites" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
Share
Related Statistics
Use this data in your work
Copy the citation, embed the widget, or explore thousands more verified marketing statistics -- all free.