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43%
43% -- website market share for WordPress (2023)
43% of all websites run on WordPress.
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Value
43%
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Percentage
Data Vintage
2023
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
50
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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jut-so.de
Primary
Tier B
https://jut-so.de/wie-wir-uns-fuer-nachhaltigkeit-neu-positioniert-haben/ ↗
Source Article
Wie wir uns für Nachhaltigkeit neu positioniert haben - jut-so
Für lange Zeit lagen die Umweltauswirkungen unserer Webseiten im Dunkeln. Als uns ein Licht aufging, waren wir schockiert. Wie konnten wir übersehen, dass der Stromverbrauch unserer Websites zu Emissionen führt?
Im Teamgespräch wurde uns bewusst, dass wir eine Kehrtwende machen wollten. Digitale Nac…
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2026-09-22
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jut-so.de
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Methodology
Share of all websites running on WordPress, cited without attribution in an agency blog post; commonly attributed to W3Techs web technology surveys
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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 (current) | 40% | 0% |
| 2023 (current) | 37% | -7.5% |
| 2023 (current) | 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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