B
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40%
40% -- website market share for WordPress (2022)
More than 40% of websites on the internet are powered by WordPress.
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Value
40%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2022
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
W3Techs (commonly attributed)
Primary
Tier C
https://devtechnosys.ae/blog/top-10-web-design-software/ ↗
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Top 10 Web Design Software in 2022 - Dev Technosys UAE
Are you looking for the best web design software for professionals to create stunning websites? As we all know, technological growth has left us all speechless. With growing time, the development of new edge-cutting technology is rising. Now there are plenty of websites on the internet with numerous…
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W3Techs (commonly attributed)
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Methodology
Commonly cited CMS market share figure (W3Techs), cited in blog
Methodology documented
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 (current) | 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: 40% website market share. Source: W3Techs (commonly attributed) (2022). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/wordpress-website-share
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