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39%
39% -- website market share for WordPress (2015)
WordPress powers approximately 39% of all websites globally.
- Stated as an approximation ('about 39%')
- No specific primary survey, measurement date, or source cited in the text for this claim
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39%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2015
Entity
Geography
Global
Evidence Quality
B
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50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
35
Freshness
95
Source
lockedownseo.com
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Tier C
https://lockedownseo.com/how-to-find-a-quality-wordpress-developer/ ↗
Source Article
How To Find A Quality WordPress Developer
How To Find A Quality WordPress Developer
WordPress powers about 39% of all websites on Earth.
Naturally, many people want to hire experienced WordPress developers.
Some of the folks looking for WordPress developers are agencies, who need a developer on staff.
Others are enterprise level businesses,…
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lockedownseo.com
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Methodology
Unattributed aggregate figure stated in article ('WordPress powers about 39% of all websites on Earth'); no original source named. Figure is consistent with W3Techs CMS usage surveys. Article publication year approximated from internal references to 'the end of 2014'; exact date of the underlying measurement not stated.
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 (current) | 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 | 41% | +24.2% |
Segmentation
IndustryTechnology
RegionGlobal
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WordPress: 39% website market share. Source: lockedownseo.com (2015). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-website-market-share
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