{"id":3518,"date":"2024-08-28T09:15:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T09:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wordpress-statistics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T11:06:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T05:36:34","slug":"wordpress-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meetanshi.com\/blog\/wordpress-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"100 WordPress Statistics and Facts [2026 Data]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WordPress<\/a> is a familiar name for anyone who works or owns a website. Empowering 40% of the sites on the web, it is also acclaimed for having started the era of affordable internet spaces. Creating a website has become much easier after the introduction of WordPress in the market!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we will learn key WordPress statistics<\/em><\/strong> as the industry changes its dynamics by the minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top WordPress Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. 43.4% of websites<\/strong> on the internet ran on WordPress in 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Earlier 43%<\/strong> of the world used WordPress as their content management system in 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. WordPress is used in 178+ countries.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. 97% of bloggers<\/strong> use WordPress for their blogging, and it\u2019s their ideal choice.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. WordPress websites in 2024 reached 861 million<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. There are almost 60,000 free WordPress plugins<\/strong> in the WordPress Plugin Directory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Top websites like TechCrunch, CNN, UPS, TED, Spotify, and more use WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. 36.28%<\/strong> of the top 1 million websites are powered by WordPress.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    WordPress Trends For 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    1. In 2024, WordPress introduced more features to enhance the website speed<\/strong> and make it more responsive.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. Adding the power of AI<\/strong> to create a seamless user experience without complicating any part of it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. In 2024, we were expected to see exciting plugins on payment gateways, multi-currency support, and more.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. WordPress will keep working on Gutenberg and Full Site Editing features.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. WordPress is also actively working on improving its mobile-friendliness.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. The WordPress Drag-and-drop page builders will make the platform more accessible.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

      WordPress Market Share<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      1. WordPress powers 43.4%<\/strong> of all the websites on the internet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      2. WordPress had a 62.8% market share<\/strong> of all Content Management systems worldwide.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
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        1. Other popular CMS platforms include Shopify<\/a>, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla, and Drupal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        2. WordPress statistics show the platform was valued at $636 billion<\/strong> in 2021.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        3. WordPress has been proven to be the most popular for blogs, as 91.6% of blog websites use WordPress<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        4. WordPress.org is available in 208 languages. US English<\/strong> dominates the list with a 44.3% share<\/strong>, followed by Japanese and Spanish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        5. WordPress is the best CMS platform for SEO, with 49% of top-ranking domains using it<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        6. WooCommerce by WordPress is used by 20% of eCommerce site owners.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          WordPress Usage Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          1. Every month, WordPress users publish 70 million posts using the platform. This translates to 840 million posts every year<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          2. WordPress usage<\/strong> has increased steadily by 12% YoY since 2011.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          3. More than 409 million people visit 20 billion WordPress pages<\/strong> every month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          4. WordPress 6<\/strong> is the widely used version of the platform, with 76.7% of WordPress sites<\/strong> using it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          5. WordPress statistics show that the platform powers 30.3%<\/strong> of the top 1000 websites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          6. WordPress gets 409 million unique visitors<\/strong> and 20 billion page views<\/strong> every month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          7. In 2022, over 105 million people<\/strong> searched for \u2018WordPress\u2019 on Google.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          8. 19.9% of WordPress sites<\/strong> have a WooCommerce plugin installed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          9. The WooCommerce plugin has been downloaded 240 million times<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          10. WordPress usage has changed from 43%<\/strong> on 1 December 2022 to 42.6% on 15 December 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          11. There are nearly 455 million WordPress websites globally<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          12.  742K websites<\/strong> are using WordPress in Russia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          13. There are 70 million new posts<\/strong> on WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          14. 77 million new comments are made monthly on WordPress sites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          15. 27 posts<\/strong> are created every second on WordPress.com.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          16. Around 409 million people view<\/strong> over 20 billion pages monthly on WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          17. There has been a 12% increase per year since 2011 in WordPress usage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

            WordPress Traffic Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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            1. There are 2 billion WordPress search queries<\/strong> on Google.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            2. The keyword WordPress is searched 2.3M times each month<\/strong>, according to Ahrefs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            3. Not only on search results, but WordPress is also popular on YouTube as well, with 3k+ channels<\/strong> mentioning its name.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            4. 1.1 million new domains<\/strong> are registered every six months, and WordPress is the top site builder and everyone\u2019s favourite to use.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            5. Around 43.3% of WordPress sites<\/strong> are in the US.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

              WordPress Versions Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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              1. There have been 43 major versions of WordPress<\/strong> since its launch.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              2. As per the WordPress.org download counter, the version 5.8 has been downloaded over 50 million times<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              3. Around 59.2% use the latest version of WordPress 6.4<\/strong>, while 6.8% use their 6.3 version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              4. The most used My SQL version<\/strong> of WordPress is the 5.7 version.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              5. The newest versions of WordPress released in 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                WordPress Themes Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                1. The WordPress statistics show its official catalog has over 11,000+ free themes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. There are over 20,000 WordPress themes<\/strong> available on the internet, including paid ones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. The average price of a WordPress theme is $57.54<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                4. Free plugins and themes are more susceptible to security vulnerabilities<\/strong> than paid ones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                5. There are 73<\/a> themes on WooCommerce\u2019s official depository.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                6. Over 1400 themes and templates<\/strong> are on ThemeForest.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                7. Hello,<\/strong> and Astra<\/strong> are the most popular WordPress themes used by the top million sites.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                  WordPress Plugins Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                  1. WordPress has more than 59,000+ free plugins<\/strong> in its official directory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  2. WordPress plugins empower 50+ million websites<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  3. Yoast SEO is the most popular WordPress plugin,<\/strong> with over 13 million downloads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  4. Elementor (a free website builder for WordPress) is used by 21.9% of all the websites<\/strong> that use WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  5. Woocommerce is used by 20.7% of all the websites<\/strong> that use WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  6. WPBakery is used by 11.8%<\/strong> of all the websites that use WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  7. Among popular WordPress plugins, Yoast SEO has over 5+ million active installations and over 27,610 5-star ratings.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  8. Among Beta Plugins, Gutenberg 300,000 + active installations<\/strong> and 3,715 ratings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  9. 57%<\/strong> of WordPress plugins have no reviews.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  10. The Gutenberg plugin has 300,000+ active installations.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  11. The Akismet plugin has 5+ million<\/strong> active installations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  12. Contact Form 7 plugin<\/strong> is the most popular contact form plugin, with 5 million active installations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  13. JetPack<\/strong> is also a popular plugin with 5 million active installations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  14. 22%<\/strong> of the top 1 million e-commerce websites use WooCommerce.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  15. 19.9% of WordPress sites have a WooCommerce plugin installed. The plugin has been downloaded 240 million times.
                    Learn more at                     WooCommerce statistics<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  16. Akismet has blocked over 500 billion spam pieces.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  17. WordPress has nearly 1000 eCommerce plugins.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                    WordPress Security Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                    1. Of around 40,000 WordPress websites in Alexa, 70%<\/strong> are vulnerable to hacker attacks and security breaches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    2. 8% of WordPress sites<\/strong> are hacked due to weak\/stolen passwords.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    3. According to Kinsta, 500 WordPress websites<\/strong> get hacked every day.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    4. The average data breach cost is around $4.45 million<\/strong>\u2014a 15% increase in the average cost over the past three years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    5. There were 109 vulnerabilities in 98 WordPress plugins<\/strong> and 10 WordPress themes, as per Wordfence.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    6. There are 90,000 attacks on WordPress sites<\/strong> every minute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    7. According to the WordPress vulnerability report, 97% of vulnerabilities come from plugin<\/strong>s, 2.4% from themes, and 0.05% from core software.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                    8. A vulnerability on the WordPress hosting platform causes 41% of attacks on WordPress sites.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                      WordPress Community Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                      1. On a monthly basis, 409% million people<\/strong> view 20% billion pages on WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      2. There are multiple WordPress groups on Facebook with various members.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                      3. The WordPress community hosted 128 WorldCamp events in 48 countries<\/strong> in 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                        General WordPress Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                        1. Christine Selleck Tremoulet (a friend of the co-founder of WordPress) suggested the name WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        2. English is the most used language in WordPress, around 71%, followed by Spanish and Indonesian.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        3. Automattic, Inc. operates and owns WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        4. WordPress Themes was first introduced in 2005.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        5. On average, 24.7 million files<\/strong> get uploaded on WordPress.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        6. An anti-spam plugin, Akismet has blocked 450 billion spam comments on over 6 million WordPress websites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        7. WordPress has been reported to be the fastest-growing CMS platform for 11 years in a row.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        8. 32% of the freelancers<\/strong> charge an hourly rate of $10-19, while 28% of them charge $20-28.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        9. The entry-level salary of the WordPress developer is approximately $40K.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        10. WordPress developers charge $90 in the United States and $70 in the specialized marketplace in other countries.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        11. On Glassdoor, the average salary of a WordPress developer is $67,837<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        12. The paid plan of WordPress starts at $9 per month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        13. WordPress.org is available in 208 languages<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        14. US English dominates the list with a 44.3% share, followed by Japanese and Spanish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        15. WordPress receives over 400 million visits each month.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                        16. WordPress bloggers make six posts<\/strong> per second.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                          FAQs Related to WordPress Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

                          1. How many websites used WordPress in 2024?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Ans. <\/strong>Over 861 million websites used WordPress in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          2. How many times has WordPress been downloaded?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Ans. <\/strong>The latest WordPress 6.4 has been downloaded more than 60 million times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          3. Where can I buy WordPress themes?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Ans.<\/strong> You can buy WordPress from its official site or from theme stores like ThemeForest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          4. Does WordPress have any analytics?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Ans. <\/strong>WordPress websites don\u2019t have built-in analytics, so you must either install Google Analytics or get a WordPress plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          5. In how many languages is WordPress available?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

                          Ans. <\/strong>WordPress supports over 100 languages to make it easier for people from all around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n