Is DNN or SMF more popular?

DNN is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,281 use DNN and 117 use SMF.

Does DNN or SMF have higher-authority sites?

SMF sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (DNN: 2, SMF: 14).

Is DNN or SMF growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, DNN went from 0.09% to 0.26% of all tracked sites, while SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01%. DNN is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both DNN and SMF?

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

Where does this DNN 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.

DNN vs SMF — Site Stats Database

DNN 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	DNN	SMF
Websites	2,281	117
Market share	0.44%	0.02%
Share of top 10K sites	0.06%	0.00%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#21	#86

Median DR	2	14

Average DR	12	19

Median keywords	351	644

Median referring domains	76	310

Median domain age	16 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,777	7,091

Combined monthly traffic	54,235,042	829,682

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

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