Is MediaWiki or phpBB more popular?

MediaWiki is used by more websites in our catalog: 905 use MediaWiki and 537 use phpBB.

Does MediaWiki or phpBB have higher-authority sites?

MediaWiki sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (MediaWiki: 52, phpBB: 31).

Is MediaWiki or phpBB growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, MediaWiki went from 0.13% to 0.10% of all tracked sites, while phpBB went from 0.08% to 0.06%. phpBB is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both MediaWiki and phpBB?

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

Where does this MediaWiki vs phpBB 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.

MediaWiki vs phpBB — Site Stats Database

MediaWiki vs phpBB

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	MediaWiki	phpBB
Websites	905	537
Market share	0.18%	0.10%
Share of top 10K sites	0.41%	0.04%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#30	#39

Median DR	52	31

Average DR	54	34

Median keywords	1,828	798

Median referring domains	1,096	730

Median domain age	17 yrs	20 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	19 yrs

Average monthly traffic	25,263,997	32,156

Combined monthly traffic	22,863,917,419	17,267,771

wikipedia.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)97
Total Keywords61,690,521
Referring Domains6,594,435
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)11,208,499,330
Traffic Trend
TechnologyMediaWiki
wiktionary.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords3,062,929
Referring Domains213,267
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)104,118,446
Traffic Trend
Technology
wikihow.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords5,580,639
Referring Domains404,808
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)43,976,309
Traffic Trend
TechnologyMediaWiki
wikimedia.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords2,379,245
Referring Domains966,084
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)19,185,929
Traffic Trend
Technology
minecraft.wiki
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords247,787
Referring Domains6,899
Domain Age2 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)14,965,443
Traffic Trend
Technology
miraheze.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords717,682
Referring Domains27,301
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)10,013,956
Traffic Trend
Technology
wikivoyage.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords643,751
Referring Domains23,679
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,794,002
Traffic Trend
Technology
runescape.wiki
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords207,329
Referring Domains13,226
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,038,581
Traffic Trend
Technology
mariowiki.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords122,527
Referring Domains13,105
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,306,334
Traffic Trend
Technology
stardewvalleywiki.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords169,976
Referring Domains8,117
Domain Age10 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,602,509
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
wikipedia.org	English	97	61,690,521	6,594,435	25 yrs	11,208,499,330		MediaWiki

realgm.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords244,764
Referring Domains15,452
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,956,660
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB
addons.mozilla.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)96
Total Keywords49,959
Referring Domains163,442
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,348,718
Traffic Trend
Technology
next-episode.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords157,283
Referring Domains11,904
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,327,966
Traffic Trend
Technology
home-barista.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)61
Total Keywords49,018
Referring Domains4,616
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)481,338
Traffic Trend
Technology
oregonhikers.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)65
Total Keywords36,741
Referring Domains4,062
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)431,980
Traffic Trend
Technology
soundonsound.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords75,020
Referring Domains15,236
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)415,793
Traffic Trend
Technology
14ers.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)68
Total Keywords6,942
Referring Domains2,862
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)324,362
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB
themeparkreview.com
Language
DR (Ahrefs)47
Total Keywords26,890
Referring Domains7,073
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)298,341
Traffic Trend
Technology
rpgcodex.net
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)49
Total Keywords6,067
Referring Domains3,680
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)238,770
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB
goodeggs.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)71
Total Keywords64,987
Referring Domains2,879
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)183,348
Traffic Trend
TechnologyphpBB