Is CivicPlus or SMF more popular?

CivicPlus is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,425 use CivicPlus and 117 use SMF.

Does CivicPlus or SMF have higher-authority sites?

CivicPlus sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (CivicPlus: 42, SMF: 14).

Is CivicPlus or SMF growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, CivicPlus went from 0.28% to 0.28% of all tracked sites, while SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01%. CivicPlus is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both CivicPlus and SMF?

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

Where does this CivicPlus 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.

CivicPlus vs SMF — Site Stats Database

CivicPlus 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	CivicPlus	SMF
Websites	2,425	117
Market share	0.47%	0.02%
Share of top 10K sites	0.08%	0.00%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#20	#86

Median DR	42	14

Average DR	42	19

Median keywords	1,684	644

Median referring domains	713	310

Median domain age	19 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	82,587	7,091

Combined monthly traffic	200,274,290	829,682

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

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