Is bbPress or SMF more popular?

bbPress is used by more websites in our catalog: 644 use bbPress and 117 use SMF.

Does bbPress or SMF have higher-authority sites?

bbPress sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (bbPress: 32, SMF: 14).

Is bbPress or SMF growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, bbPress went from 0.09% to 0.07% 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 bbPress and SMF?

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

Where does this bbPress 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.

bbPress vs SMF — Site Stats Database

bbPress 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	bbPress	SMF
Websites	644	117
Market share	0.13%	0.02%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	0.00%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#36	#86

Median DR	32	14

Average DR	34	19

Median keywords	983	644

Median referring domains	647	310

Median domain age	14 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,115	7,091

Combined monthly traffic	14,885,786	829,682

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

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
TechnologySMF
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
TechnologySMF
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