Is bbPress or phpBB more popular?

bbPress is used by more websites in our catalog: 644 use bbPress and 537 use phpBB.

Does bbPress or phpBB have higher-authority sites?

bbPress sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (bbPress: 32, phpBB: 31).

Is bbPress or phpBB growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, bbPress went from 0.09% to 0.07% of all tracked sites, while phpBB went from 0.08% to 0.06%. bbPress is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both bbPress and phpBB?

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

Where does this bbPress vs phpBB 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 phpBB — Site Stats Database

bbPress vs phpBB

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	phpBB
Websites	644	537
Market share	0.13%	0.10%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	0.04%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#36	#39

Median DR	32	31

Average DR	34	34

Median keywords	983	798

Median referring domains	647	730

Median domain age	14 yrs	20 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	19 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,115	32,156

Combined monthly traffic	14,885,786	17,267,771

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

realgm.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords244,764
Referring Domains15,452
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,956,660
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB
addons.mozilla.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords49,959
Referring Domains163,442
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,348,718
Traffic Trend
Technology
next-episode.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords157,283
Referring Domains11,904
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,327,966
Traffic Trend
Technology
home-barista.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)61
Total Keywords49,018
Referring Domains4,616
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)481,338
Traffic Trend
Technology
oregonhikers.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)65
Total Keywords36,741
Referring Domains4,062
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)431,980
Traffic Trend
Technology
soundonsound.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords75,020
Referring Domains15,236
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)415,793
Traffic Trend
Technology
14ers.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords6,942
Referring Domains2,862
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)324,362
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB
themeparkreview.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords26,890
Referring Domains7,073
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)298,341
Traffic Trend
Technology
rpgcodex.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)49
Total Keywords6,067
Referring Domains3,680
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)238,770
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB
goodeggs.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords64,987
Referring Domains2,879
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)183,348
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB