Is bbPress or Discourse more popular?

bbPress is used by more websites in our catalog: 644 use bbPress and 269 use Discourse.

Does bbPress or Discourse have higher-authority sites?

Discourse sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (bbPress: 32, Discourse: 48).

Is bbPress or Discourse growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, bbPress went from 0.09% to 0.07% of all tracked sites, while Discourse went from 0.04% to 0.03%. Discourse is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both bbPress and Discourse?

No. A site runs a single CMS / website platform, so bbPress and Discourse are mutually exclusive.

Where does this bbPress vs Discourse 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.

bbPress vs Discourse — Site Stats Database

bbPress vs Discourse

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	bbPress	Discourse
Websites	644	269
Market share	0.13%	0.05%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	0.04%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#36	#69

Median DR	32	48

Average DR	34	50

Median keywords	983	3,595

Median referring domains	647	1,086

Median domain age	14 yrs	13 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	15 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,115	79,622

Combined monthly traffic	14,885,786	21,418,355

theburntbuttertable.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords26,920
Referring Domains558
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,165,499
Traffic Trend
TechnologybbPress
nbadraft.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords43,473
Referring Domains6,304
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)737,936
Traffic Trend
TechnologybbPress
road.cc
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords63,533
Referring Domains24,389
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)608,354
Traffic Trend
TechnologybbPress
boards.weddingbee.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords209,215
Referring Domains3,491
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)579,900
Traffic Trend
Technology
theyeshivaworld.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords16,324
Referring Domains20,619
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)421,261
Traffic Trend
Technology
pomeranian.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)39
Total Keywords5,624
Referring Domains1,506
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)378,958
Traffic Trend
Technology
aa-intergroup.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords7,107
Referring Domains3,027
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)343,067
Traffic Trend
Technology
scaquarium.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords11,077
Referring Domains3,089
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)333,796
Traffic Trend
Technology
rpgfan.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)61
Total Keywords29,366
Referring Domains5,611
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)313,356
Traffic Trend
TechnologybbPress
prisonfellowship.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords8,759
Referring Domains5,861
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)275,290
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
theburntbuttertable.com	English	33	26,920	558	4 yrs	1,165,499		bbPress

community.spiceworks.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords465,342
Referring Domains14,030
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,262,143
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDiscourse
boards.straightdope.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords424,843
Referring Domains10,457
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,665,970
Traffic Trend
Technology
talk.collegeconfidential.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords320,981
Referring Domains5,129
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,188,111
Traffic Trend
Technology
devforum.roblox.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords53,918
Referring Domains13,212
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,055,850
Traffic Trend
Technology
hungryonion.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)37
Total Keywords117,123
Referring Domains3,109
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)927,939
Traffic Trend
Technology
community.cartalk.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords179,057
Referring Domains2,154
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)690,215
Traffic Trend
Technology
growingfruit.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)35
Total Keywords81,071
Referring Domains1,453
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)631,018
Traffic Trend
Technology
t-nation.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords165,670
Referring Domains12,051
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)519,271
Traffic Trend
Technology
eyefi.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords21,811
Referring Domains2,398
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)468,464
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDiscourse
elitefourum.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords42,741
Referring Domains1,332
Domain Age4 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)456,968
Traffic Trend
Technology