Is MediaWiki or XenForo more popular?

XenForo is used by more websites in our catalog: 905 use MediaWiki and 2,198 use XenForo.

Does MediaWiki or XenForo have higher-authority sites?

MediaWiki sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (MediaWiki: 52, XenForo: 21).

Is MediaWiki or XenForo growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, MediaWiki went from 0.13% to 0.10% of all tracked sites, while XenForo went from 0.35% to 0.25%. MediaWiki is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both MediaWiki and XenForo?

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

Where does this MediaWiki vs XenForo 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 XenForo — Site Stats Database

MediaWiki vs XenForo

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	XenForo
Websites	905	2,198
Market share	0.18%	0.43%
Share of top 10K sites	0.41%	0.05%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#30	#22

Median DR	52	21

Average DR	54	23

Median keywords	1,828	2,881

Median referring domains	1,096	687

Median domain age	17 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	16 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	25,263,997	37,701

Combined monthly traffic	22,863,917,419	82,867,159

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
Technology
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

forum.wordreference.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords947,575
Referring Domains18,031
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,231,153
Traffic Trend
TechnologyXenForo
forums.tomshardware.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords267,160
Referring Domains8,261
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,017,071
Traffic Trend
Technology
resetera.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords426,503
Referring Domains17,250
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,544,039
Traffic Trend
Technology
tacomaworld.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords130,378
Referring Domains8,691
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,236,765
Traffic Trend
Technology
forums.macrumors.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)86
Total Keywords256,677
Referring Domains27,674
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,089,447
Traffic Trend
Technology
sawmillcreek.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)52
Total Keywords200,878
Referring Domains3,259
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)887,559
Traffic Trend
Technology
pokecommunity.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)66
Total Keywords80,041
Referring Domains11,387
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)872,171
Traffic Trend
Technology
forums.tomsguide.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords92,442
Referring Domains4,379
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)854,337
Traffic Trend
Technology
fanverse.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)31
Total Keywords102,730
Referring Domains3,315
Domain Age5 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)784,926
Traffic Trend
Technology
diychatroom.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)42
Total Keywords370,008
Referring Domains21,830
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)756,977
Traffic Trend
Technology