Is AEM Edge Delivery or SMF more popular?

AEM Edge Delivery is used by more websites in our catalog: 503 use AEM Edge Delivery and 117 use SMF.

Does AEM Edge Delivery or SMF have higher-authority sites?

AEM Edge Delivery sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (AEM Edge Delivery: 45, SMF: 14).

Is AEM Edge Delivery or SMF growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, AEM Edge Delivery went from 0.08% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01%. SMF is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both AEM Edge Delivery and SMF?

No. A site runs a single CMS / website platform, so AEM Edge Delivery and SMF are mutually exclusive.

Where does this AEM Edge Delivery vs SMF data come from?

Adoption is counted from Site Stats Database's own crawl; Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs and traffic from DataForSEO. Figures reflect the sites we track and refresh at least monthly.

AEM Edge Delivery vs SMF — Site Stats Database

AEM Edge Delivery vs SMF

A side-by-side comparison of two content management systems, based on the 515,058 CMS sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	AEM Edge Delivery	SMF
Websites	503	117
Market share	0.10%	0.02%
Share of top 10K sites	0.10%	0.00%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#42	#86

Median DR	45	14

Average DR	45	19

Median keywords	3,034	644

Median referring domains	896	310

Median domain age	25 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	22 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	695,706	7,091

Combined monthly traffic	349,940,204	829,682

adobe.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords4,590,632
Referring Domains1,640,623
Domain Age39 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)293,123,914
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAEM Edge Delivery
nothingbundtcakes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords64,259
Referring Domains12,604
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,048,854
Traffic Trend
Technology
clarkcountynv.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords84,505
Referring Domains10,764
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,017,663
Traffic Trend
Technology
revolt.tv
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords145,122
Referring Domains12,330
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,000,121
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAEM Edge Delivery
petplace.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords179,520
Referring Domains14,747
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,436,942
Traffic Trend
Technology
sparkfun.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords65,509
Referring Domains34,082
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,291,107
Traffic Trend
Technology
t-fal.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords9,820
Referring Domains1,298
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,238,059
Traffic Trend
TechnologyAEM Edge Delivery
radioshack.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords34,866
Referring Domains10,984
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,062,937
Traffic Trend
Technology
nunababy.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords15,404
Referring Domains3,572
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)931,617
Traffic Trend
Technology
wheelpros.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords21,334
Referring Domains2,597
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)832,433
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
adobe.com	English	96	4,590,632	1,640,623	39 yrs	293,123,914		AEM Edge Delivery

tropicalfruitforum.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)32
Total Keywords32,795
Referring Domains892
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)55,775
Traffic Trend
TechnologySMF
learngospelmusic.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)1.5
Total Keywords11,007
Referring Domains226
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)53,736
Traffic Trend
Technology
forestryforum.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords30,903
Referring Domains2,268
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)49,595
Traffic Trend
Technology
chemicalforums.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)34
Total Keywords21,566
Referring Domains1,123
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)44,932
Traffic Trend
Technology
pacificbulbsociety.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)53
Total Keywords6,311
Referring Domains2,159
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)41,976
Traffic Trend
Technology
geekhack.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords12,518
Referring Domains4,086
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)40,290
Traffic Trend
Technology
ballreviews.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)35
Total Keywords10,572
Referring Domains804
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)37,972
Traffic Trend
Technology
thefora.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)4.7
Total Keywords1,107
Referring Domains56
Domain Age7 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)30,204
Traffic Trend
Technology
allposterforum.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)8
Total Keywords544
Referring Domains247
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)24,019
Traffic Trend
Technology
bitcointalk.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords11,493
Referring Domains45,974
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)23,450
Traffic Trend
Technology