Is GitHub Pages or Next.js more popular?

Next.js is used by more websites in our catalog: 505 use GitHub Pages and 28,750 use Next.js.

Does GitHub Pages or Next.js have higher-authority sites?

GitHub Pages sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (GitHub Pages: 94, Next.js: 41).

Is GitHub Pages or Next.js growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, GitHub Pages went from 0.05% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while Next.js went from 4.1% to 3.3%. GitHub Pages is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both GitHub Pages and Next.js?

No. A site runs a single CMS / website platform, so GitHub Pages and Next.js are mutually exclusive.

Where does this GitHub Pages vs Next.js 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.

GitHub Pages vs Next.js — Site Stats Database

GitHub Pages vs Next.js

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	GitHub Pages	Next.js
Websites	505	28,750
Market share	0.10%	5.6%
Share of top 10K sites	0.01%	8.1%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#41	#3

Median DR	94	41

Average DR	94	41

Median keywords	333	1,167

Median referring domains	167	672

Median domain age	13 yrs	10 yrs

Average domain age	13 yrs	13 yrs

Average monthly traffic	17,746	369,874

Combined monthly traffic	8,961,780	10,633,876,104

cs231n.github.io
LanguageHungarian
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords457
Referring Domains3,623
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,918,719
Traffic Trend
TechnologyGitHub Pages
doodlecricket.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords2,549
Referring Domains871
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)591,885
Traffic Trend
Technology
classroomgame.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords1,226
Referring Domains0
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)500,460
Traffic Trend
Technology
r-roms.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords8,869
Referring Domains692
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)370,758
Traffic Trend
Technology
geometry-dash-unbanned.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords343
Referring Domains93
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)268,188
Traffic Trend
Technology
genizymath.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords1,426
Referring Domains4
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)259,761
Traffic Trend
Technology
thepizzaedition-games.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords430
Referring Domains2
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)165,664
Traffic Trend
Technology
emn178.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords4,165
Referring Domains2,387
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)140,295
Traffic Trend
Technology
powerlanguage-wordle.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords449
Referring Domains30
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)125,758
Traffic Trend
Technology
geometry-dashworld.github.io
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords270
Referring Domains129
Domain Age
Traffic (Jun 2026)123,973
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
cs231n.github.io	Hungarian	94	457	3,623	13 yrs	1,918,719		GitHub Pages

yahoo.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords23,561,825
Referring Domains2,118,636
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)639,658,909
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
weather.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,156,559
Referring Domains130,903
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)560,457,254
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
mayoclinic.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords4,487,264
Referring Domains408,066
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)452,253,303
Traffic Trend
Technology
walmart.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords22,196,316
Referring Domains287,795
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)430,824,067
Traffic Trend
Technology
mlb.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,403,577
Referring Domains165,017
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)376,727,145
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
nfl.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords947,630
Referring Domains147,040
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)275,712,888
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
zillow.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords4,129,056
Referring Domains181,223
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)275,243,255
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
nba.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords758,560
Referring Domains186,338
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)239,244,892
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
target.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords10,174,393
Referring Domains208,795
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)204,573,119
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js
wise.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords740,245
Referring Domains55,017
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)191,512,897
Traffic Trend
TechnologyNext.js