Is CivicPlus or Ghost more popular?

CivicPlus is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,425 use CivicPlus and 775 use Ghost.

Does CivicPlus or Ghost have higher-authority sites?

CivicPlus sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (CivicPlus: 42, Ghost: 34).

Is CivicPlus or Ghost growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, CivicPlus went from 0.28% to 0.28% of all tracked sites, while Ghost went from 0.11% to 0.09%. CivicPlus is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both CivicPlus and Ghost?

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

Where does this CivicPlus vs Ghost 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 Ghost — Site Stats Database

CivicPlus vs Ghost

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	Ghost
Websites	2,425	775
Market share	0.47%	0.15%
Share of top 10K sites	0.08%	0.04%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#20	#31

Median DR	42	34

Average DR	42	35

Median keywords	1,684	997

Median referring domains	713	393

Median domain age	19 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	82,587	28,443

Combined monthly traffic	200,274,290	22,042,995

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

allbud.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords81,210
Referring Domains4,878
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,897,288
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGhost
blog.duolingo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)88
Total Keywords48,347
Referring Domains7,397
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,884,812
Traffic Trend
Technology
bestfreestreaming.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)6
Total Keywords6,973
Referring Domains252
Domain Age5 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,284,080
Traffic Trend
Technology
alisoneroman.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords21,747
Referring Domains2,228
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,183,351
Traffic Trend
Technology
roadrunner.travel
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords40,115
Referring Domains3,357
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)845,158
Traffic Trend
Technology
retrododo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)57
Total Keywords47,167
Referring Domains8,068
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)818,794
Traffic Trend
Technology
wheelchairtravel.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords7,654
Referring Domains2,838
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)446,858
Traffic Trend
Technology
gamingtrend.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)66
Total Keywords49,133
Referring Domains7,940
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)396,941
Traffic Trend
Technology
blog.gratefulness.me
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)59
Total Keywords40,731
Referring Domains4,386
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)354,956
Traffic Trend
Technology
exploros.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords44,249
Referring Domains924
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)334,928
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGhost