Is CivicPlus or Discourse more popular?

CivicPlus is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,425 use CivicPlus and 269 use Discourse.

Does CivicPlus or Discourse have higher-authority sites?

Discourse sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (CivicPlus: 42, Discourse: 48).

Is CivicPlus or Discourse growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, CivicPlus went from 0.28% to 0.28% of all tracked sites, while Discourse went from 0.04% to 0.03%. CivicPlus is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both CivicPlus and Discourse?

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

Where does this CivicPlus 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.

CivicPlus vs Discourse — Site Stats Database

CivicPlus 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	CivicPlus	Discourse
Websites	2,425	269
Market share	0.47%	0.05%
Share of top 10K sites	0.08%	0.04%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#20	#69

Median DR	42	48

Average DR	42	50

Median keywords	1,684	3,595

Median referring domains	713	1,086

Median domain age	19 yrs	13 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	15 yrs

Average monthly traffic	82,587	79,622

Combined monthly traffic	200,274,290	21,418,355

maricopa.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords129,540
Referring Domains15,708
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,003,517
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCivicPlus
sfrecpark.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords31,132
Referring Domains6,951
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,388,785
Traffic Trend
Technology
bexar.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords51,944
Referring Domains5,932
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,901,988
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCivicPlus
pima.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords80,523
Referring Domains11,130
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,664,086
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCivicPlus
charleston-sc.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords30,993
Referring Domains6,077
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,146,960
Traffic Trend
Technology
highpointnc.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords21,756
Referring Domains3,127
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,141,378
Traffic Trend
Technology
dallasparks.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords19,758
Referring Domains2,795
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,031,705
Traffic Trend
Technology
jeffco.us
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords37,990
Referring Domains6,613
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,018,550
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCivicPlus
anaheim.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords23,145
Referring Domains7,983
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)944,839
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCivicPlus
loudoun.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords58,359
Referring Domains8,864
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)903,165
Traffic Trend
TechnologyCivicPlus

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
maricopa.gov	English	80	129,540	15,708	28 yrs	3,003,517		CivicPlus

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