B
Evidence Grade B
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25%
25% -- website market share for WordPress (2016)
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Value
25%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2016
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Datanyze Universe
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Tier C
https://www.devdude.com/website-builder-vs-wordpress/ ↗
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Website Builder Vs WordPress: 13 Reasons To Choose WP - #!/DevDude/
Which is the better option out of a website builder vs WordPress? The answer is easy. WordPress is a CMS. It allows non-techies to create a website. All you need is a host. A website builder is online software that you can use to build a website.
WordPress wins in the SEO & Ranking comparison
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 39% | |
| 2016 (current) | 25% | -35.9% |
| 2016 (current) | 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 | 41% | +24.2% |
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WordPress: 25% website market share. Source: Datanyze Universe (2016). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-web-market-share
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