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39.6%of all websites use WordPress, a 58.3% share of sites with a known content management system
39.6% of all websites use WordPress, a 58.3% share of sites with a known content management system (22 Oct 2026, W3Techs (Q-Success), Web Technology Surveys)
ResearchChecked at source, 23 Oct 2026All sizesGlobalWeb and software development · Web technology
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What this number really says
39.6% of all websites use WordPress, a 58.3% share of sites with a known content management system (22 Oct 2026).
39.6%
the latest figure (22 Oct 2026)
Research
type of source
Why you can trust it. W3Techs (Q-Success), Web Technology Surveys: research, research firm or analyst compilation.
Key facts
- Period 22 Oct 2026
- Region Global
- Company size All sizes
- Next data Daily
Source: W3Techs (Q-Success), Web Technology Surveys, 22 Oct 2026
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How it was measured, and how to use it
How it was measured
- Publisher
- W3Techs (Q-Success), Web Technology Surveys
- Source type
- Research: Research firm or analyst compilation
- What it measures
- 39.6% of all websites use WordPress, a 58.3% share of sites with a known content management system
- Data period
- 22 Oct 2026 (ends 22 Oct 2026)
- Published by the source
- 22 Oct 2026
- In the source's words
WordPress is used by 39.6% of all the websites, that is a content management system market share of 58.3%.
- Checked at source
- 23 Oct 2026: Read on w3techs.com CMS overview, dated 22 October 2026 (updated daily). New stat.
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- Citation with a link allowed; bulk reuse restricted. Crawl-based, top 10 million sites; updated daily, so always give the date.
- Next expected update
- Daily (W3Techs (Q-Success), daily)
- Original page
- w3techs.com: Web Technology Surveys
- Data files
- CSV · JSON (stable links)
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No changes recorded yet. First checked at the source on 23 Oct 2026.
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W3Techs (Q-Success). (2026). 39.6% of all websites use WordPress, a 58.3% share of sites with a known content management system. Via digitaltreed, https://digitaltreed.com/statistics/web-development/websites-using-wordpress
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