Ghost vs Next.js

Next.js is used by more websites in our catalog: 775 use Ghost and 28,750 use Next.js.

Next.js sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Ghost: 34, Next.js: 41).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Ghost went from 0.11% to 0.09% of all tracked sites, while Next.js went from 4.1% to 3.3%. Ghost is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single CMS / website platform, so Ghost and Next.js 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.