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43%
43% -- website platform market share for WordPress (2025)
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Value
43%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2025
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Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
sproutsagesolutions.com
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Tier C
https://sproutsagesolutions.com/wordpress-vs-webflow-vs-squarespace/ ↗
Source Article
WordPress vs webflow vs squarespace
Compare on: cost, SEO capability, design flexibility, hosting, ecommerce, learning curve. Who should pick what.
A small business owner asked me: “I need a website. Should I use WordPress, Webflow, or Squarespace?”
Each is completely different. One is free open-sou…
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sproutsagesolutions.com
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Methodology
Blog post states 43% of all websites run on WordPress; no methodology or original attribution given. This figure is commonly attributed to W3Techs CMS usage surveys.
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Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 26.4% | |
| 2019 | 30% | +13.6% |
| 2022 | 43% | +43.3% |
| 2024 | 40% | -7.0% |
| 2024 | 43.4% | +8.5% |
| 2025 (current) | 30% | -30.9% |
| 2025 (current) | 40% | +33.3% |
| 2025 (current) | 43% | +7.5% |
| 2026 | 43.2% | +0.5% |
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WordPress: 43% website platform market share. Source: sproutsagesolutions.com (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-website-market-share-43
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