Is DNN or Substack more popular?

DNN is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,281 use DNN and 463 use Substack.

Does DNN or Substack have higher-authority sites?

Substack sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (DNN: 2, Substack: 32).

Is DNN or Substack growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, DNN went from 0.09% to 0.26% of all tracked sites, while Substack went from 0.06% to 0.05%. DNN is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both DNN and Substack?

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

Where does this DNN vs Substack 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 Substack — Site Stats Database

DNN vs Substack

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	Substack
Websites	2,281	463
Market share	0.44%	0.09%
Share of top 10K sites	0.06%	0.02%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#21	#45

Median DR	2	32

Average DR	12	34

Median keywords	351	957

Median referring domains	76	435

Median domain age	16 yrs	8 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	23,777	258,619

Combined monthly traffic	54,235,042	119,740,796

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

cbsnews.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,029,881
Referring Domains486,461
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)59,376,408
Traffic Trend
TechnologySubstack
substack.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords5,643,513
Referring Domains561,764
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,156,090
Traffic Trend
Technology
thefp.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords39,018
Referring Domains17,521
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)738,323
Traffic Trend
TechnologySubstack
azdesertswarm.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords11,126
Referring Domains6,455
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)664,536
Traffic Trend
Technology
thebulwark.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords23,103
Referring Domains13,098
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)259,028
Traffic Trend
Technology
brokenpalate.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)40
Total Keywords3,164
Referring Domains295
Domain Age5 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)214,374
Traffic Trend
Technology
r-bloggers.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords27,627
Referring Domains8,306
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)212,820
Traffic Trend
Technology
donaldrobertson.name
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)45
Total Keywords1,679
Referring Domains874
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)202,345
Traffic Trend
Technology
noahpinion.blog
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords10,103
Referring Domains5,453
Domain Age3 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)174,978
Traffic Trend
Technology
jonathanlack.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)11
Total Keywords6,130
Referring Domains697
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)174,145
Traffic Trend
Technology