Is phpBB or XenForo more popular?

XenForo is used by more websites in our catalog: 537 use phpBB and 2,198 use XenForo.

Does phpBB or XenForo have higher-authority sites?

phpBB sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (phpBB: 31, XenForo: 21).

Is phpBB or XenForo growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, phpBB went from 0.08% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while XenForo went from 0.35% to 0.25%. phpBB is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both phpBB and XenForo?

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

Where does this phpBB 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.

phpBB vs XenForo — Site Stats Database

phpBB 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	phpBB	XenForo
Websites	537	2,198
Market share	0.10%	0.43%
Share of top 10K sites	0.04%	0.05%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#39	#22

Median DR	31	21

Average DR	34	23

Median keywords	798	2,881

Median referring domains	730	687

Median domain age	20 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	19 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	32,156	37,701

Combined monthly traffic	17,267,771	82,867,159

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

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
TechnologyXenForo
diychatroom.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)42
Total Keywords370,008
Referring Domains21,830
Domain Age22 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)756,977
Traffic Trend
Technology