Contao vs phpBB

phpBB is used by more websites in our catalog: 108 use Contao and 537 use phpBB.

Contao sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Contao: 53, phpBB: 31).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Contao went from 0.01% to 0.01% of all tracked sites, while phpBB went from 0.08% to 0.06%. Contao is gaining ground faster in our index.

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

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.