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30%
30% -- website market share for WordPress (2017)
Roughly 30% of the web runs on WordPress.
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30%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2017
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B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
W3Techs
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Tier C
https://itec.media/why-wordpress-is-the-best-cms-for-businesses/ ↗
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Why Wordpress is the Best CMS for Businesses in 2018 | Itec Media
Roughly 30% of the web runs on WordPress and that number is growing. WordPress owns 60% + of the total CMS market share, followed far behind by its closest competitors Drupal and Joomla.
When it comes to managing and maintaining an effective website, WordPress continues to be the gold standard for s…
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39% | |
| 2016 | 25% | -35.9% |
| 2016 | 23.8% | -4.8% |
| 2017 (current) | 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 | 41% | +24.2% |
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WordPress: 30% website market share. Source: W3Techs (2017). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-share-of-all-websites-2017
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