Is DNN or Ghost more popular?

DNN is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,281 use DNN and 775 use Ghost.

Does DNN or Ghost have higher-authority sites?

Ghost sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (DNN: 2, Ghost: 34).

Is DNN or Ghost growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, DNN went from 0.09% to 0.26% of all tracked sites, while Ghost went from 0.11% to 0.09%. DNN is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both DNN and Ghost?

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

Where does this DNN 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.

DNN vs Ghost — Site Stats Database

DNN 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	DNN	Ghost
Websites	2,281	775
Market share	0.44%	0.15%
Share of top 10K sites	0.06%	0.04%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#21	#31

Median DR	2	34

Average DR	12	35

Median keywords	351	997

Median referring domains	76	393

Median domain age	16 yrs	7 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,777	28,443

Combined monthly traffic	54,235,042	22,042,995

missouribotanicalgarden.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords208,151
Referring Domains17,942
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,157,778
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDNN
columbusga.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)62
Total Keywords27,886
Referring Domains3,023
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,616,858
Traffic Trend
Technology
wildlife.ca.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords90,364
Referring Domains12,230
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,139,887
Traffic Trend
Technology
socialworkers.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords47,656
Referring Domains12,447
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,341,559
Traffic Trend
Technology
harriscountytx.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords54,769
Referring Domains9,524
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,191,893
Traffic Trend
Technology
ocfl.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords45,542
Referring Domains5,199
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,111,696
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDNN
aacnnursing.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords26,307
Referring Domains10,152
Domain Age9 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)832,069
Traffic Trend
Technology
orangecountyfl.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)74
Total Keywords40,767
Referring Domains6,346
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)803,221
Traffic Trend
Technology
hctx.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords36,755
Referring Domains4,954
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)768,923
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDNN
occc.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords4,612
Referring Domains2,712
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)740,222
Traffic Trend
TechnologyDNN

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
missouribotanicalgarden.org	English	79	208,151	17,942	24 yrs	7,157,778		DNN

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