Is MediaWiki or SMF more popular?

MediaWiki is used by more websites in our catalog: 905 use MediaWiki and 117 use SMF.

Does MediaWiki or SMF have higher-authority sites?

MediaWiki sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (MediaWiki: 52, SMF: 14).

Is MediaWiki or SMF growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, MediaWiki went from 0.13% to 0.10% of all tracked sites, while SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01%. SMF is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both MediaWiki and SMF?

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

Where does this MediaWiki 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.

MediaWiki vs SMF — Site Stats Database

MediaWiki 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	MediaWiki	SMF
Websites	905	117
Market share	0.18%	0.02%
Share of top 10K sites	0.41%	0.00%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#30	#86

Median DR	52	14

Average DR	54	19

Median keywords	1,828	644

Median referring domains	1,096	310

Median domain age	17 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	25,263,997	7,091

Combined monthly traffic	22,863,917,419	829,682

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

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