WordPress Now Powers 25% of the Internet

Most modern day websites utilize Content Management Systems (CMS) which allows these websites to be easily updated and support dynamic content. There are multiple CMS with boatloads of features but if there’s any that has always remained at the top, it is WordPress.

According to the recently revealed data from W3Techs, WordPress now powers one fourth of the internet or over 60 million websites of the whole web. W3Techs stated that WordPress is used on 58.7 percent of the websites whose content management systems are known to them. This sums up to 25 percent of the World Wide Web.

The most popular CMS platforms are: WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magento and Blogger

W3Techs also revealed data for the past few years and how different platforms have progressed during that time. WordPress was used in only 13.1 percent of websites in 2011 but steady growth each year since then has brought it to the current point where it powers 25 percent of the websites. The stats also include WordPress powered blogs.

The second most popular CMS is Joomla which runs a mere 2.8 percent of the websites. It’s followed by Drupal with 2.1%, Magento with 1.2% and Blogger with 1.2%. The rest of the CMS power less than 1 percent of websites. 57.4 percent of websites use unidentifiable CMS or don’t utilize any CMS at all.

Matt Mullenweg, lead developer at WordPress, says:

The big opportunity is still the 57 percent of websites that don’t use any identifiable CMS yet, and that’s where I think there is still a ton of growth for us.

Holding such a major share in the market is indeed outstanding but it comes with its own share of disadvantages. For one, becoming a major shareholder puts WordPress at the risk of being under threat from hacker attacks. History has shown that WordPress has been compromised on multiple occasions. Of course, most of these problems occur when CMS are not updated to the latest versions so admins should keep this in mind whichever CMS they utilize.

He is the Chief Content Officer at ProPakistani. Reach out at aadil.s[at]propakistani.pk



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