Is phpBB or X-Cart more popular?

phpBB is used by more websites in our catalog: 537 use phpBB and 153 use X-Cart.

Does phpBB or X-Cart have higher-authority sites?

phpBB sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (phpBB: 31, X-Cart: 22).

Is phpBB or X-Cart growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, phpBB went from 0.08% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while X-Cart went from 0.02% to 0.02%. X-Cart is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both phpBB and X-Cart?

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

Where does this phpBB vs X-Cart 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.

phpBB vs X-Cart — Site Stats Database

phpBB vs X-Cart

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	phpBB	X-Cart
Websites	537	153
Market share	0.10%	0.03%
Share of top 10K sites	0.04%	0.00%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#39	#76

Median DR	31	22

Average DR	34	23

Median keywords	798	2,238

Median referring domains	730	501

Median domain age	20 yrs	21 yrs

Average domain age	19 yrs	20 yrs

Average monthly traffic	32,156	28,770

Combined monthly traffic	17,267,771	4,401,834

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

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
realgm.com	English	70	244,764	15,452	25 yrs	2,956,660		phpBB

theclockdepot.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords13,373
Referring Domains1,878
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)351,442
Traffic Trend
TechnologyX-Cart
topsecretrecipes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords37,132
Referring Domains7,529
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)343,073
Traffic Trend
Technology
ishopindian.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)46
Total Keywords10,779
Referring Domains1,132
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)248,502
Traffic Trend
Technology
voguefabricsstore.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)42
Total Keywords17,232
Referring Domains1,257
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)203,372
Traffic Trend
Technology
audiocityusa.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)41
Total Keywords34,661
Referring Domains3,672
Domain Age18 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)175,980
Traffic Trend
Technology
maloneautoracks.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)53
Total Keywords4,859
Referring Domains1,420
Domain Age24 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)168,640
Traffic Trend
Technology
woodworkerexpress.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)38
Total Keywords32,724
Referring Domains2,235
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)139,174
Traffic Trend
Technology
proceilingtiles.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)14
Total Keywords2,739
Referring Domains556
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)134,221
Traffic Trend
Technology
qualitywindowscreen.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)20
Total Keywords5,937
Referring Domains723
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)123,740
Traffic Trend
Technology
hyattgunstore.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)29
Total Keywords15,537
Referring Domains1,491
Domain Age19 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)114,085
Traffic Trend
Technology