Is MemberStack or Substack more popular?

MemberStack is used by more websites in our catalog: 1,929 use MemberStack and 463 use Substack.

Does MemberStack or Substack have higher-authority sites?

Substack sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (MemberStack: 29, Substack: 32).

Is MemberStack or Substack growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, MemberStack went from 0.25% to 0.22% of all tracked sites, while Substack went from 0.06% to 0.05%. Substack is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both MemberStack and Substack?

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

Where does this MemberStack vs Substack 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.

MemberStack vs Substack — Site Stats Database

MemberStack vs Substack

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	MemberStack	Substack
Websites	1,929	463
Market share	0.37%	0.09%
Share of top 10K sites	0.22%	0.02%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#23	#45

Median DR	29	32

Average DR	31	34

Median keywords	1,252	957

Median referring domains	382	435

Median domain age	18 yrs	8 yrs

Average domain age	18 yrs	10 yrs

Average monthly traffic	242,301	258,619

Combined monthly traffic	467,397,930	119,740,796

weather.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords1,098,961
Referring Domains132,221
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)221,232,646
Traffic Trend
TechnologyMemberStack
acehardware.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords1,105,931
Referring Domains29,144
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)16,386,155
Traffic Trend
Technology
princetonreview.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords241,633
Referring Domains25,661
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)11,352,526
Traffic Trend
Technology
movies.disney.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords100,091
Referring Domains36,737
Domain Age36 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,544,539
Traffic Trend
Technology
uhhospitals.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords383,004
Referring Domains16,739
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)6,607,180
Traffic Trend
Technology
ligamx.net
LanguageSpanish
DR (Ahrefs)63
Total Keywords3,606
Referring Domains3,788
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,844,677
Traffic Trend
TechnologyMemberStack
yougov.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)89
Total Keywords97,458
Referring Domains71,006
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,355,796
Traffic Trend
TechnologyMemberStack
shopgoodwill.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)69
Total Keywords21,639
Referring Domains5,281
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,948,085
Traffic Trend
Technology
allinahealth.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords206,632
Referring Domains10,988
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,179,298
Traffic Trend
Technology
greatbigcanvas.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)55
Total Keywords127,997
Referring Domains11,543
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,106,527
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
weather.gov	English	91	1,098,961	132,221	27 yrs	221,232,646		MemberStack

cbsnews.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords5,029,881
Referring Domains486,461
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)59,376,408
Traffic Trend
TechnologySubstack
substack.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords5,643,513
Referring Domains561,764
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,156,090
Traffic Trend
Technology
thefp.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)76
Total Keywords39,018
Referring Domains17,521
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)738,323
Traffic Trend
TechnologySubstack
azdesertswarm.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)51
Total Keywords11,126
Referring Domains6,455
Domain Age17 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)664,536
Traffic Trend
Technology
thebulwark.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords23,103
Referring Domains13,098
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)259,028
Traffic Trend
Technology
brokenpalate.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)40
Total Keywords3,164
Referring Domains295
Domain Age5 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)214,374
Traffic Trend
Technology
r-bloggers.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords27,627
Referring Domains8,306
Domain Age16 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)212,820
Traffic Trend
Technology
donaldrobertson.name
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)45
Total Keywords1,679
Referring Domains874
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)202,345
Traffic Trend
Technology
noahpinion.blog
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)73
Total Keywords10,103
Referring Domains5,453
Domain Age3 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)174,978
Traffic Trend
Technology
jonathanlack.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)11
Total Keywords6,130
Referring Domains697
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)174,145
Traffic Trend
Technology