Is SMF or Squarespace more popular?

Squarespace is used by more websites in our catalog: 117 use SMF and 19,898 use Squarespace.

Does SMF or Squarespace have higher-authority sites?

Squarespace sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (SMF: 14, Squarespace: 19).

Is SMF or Squarespace growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01% of all tracked sites, while Squarespace went from 2.0% to 2.3%. Squarespace is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both SMF and Squarespace?

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

Where does this SMF vs Squarespace 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.

SMF vs Squarespace — Site Stats Database

SMF vs Squarespace

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	SMF	Squarespace
Websites	117	19,898
Market share	0.02%	3.9%
Share of top 10K sites	0.00%	0.19%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#86	#5

Median DR	14	19

Average DR	19	22

Median keywords	644	561

Median referring domains	310	149

Median domain age	19 yrs	10 yrs

Average domain age	18 yrs	12 yrs

Average monthly traffic	7,091	20,958

Combined monthly traffic	829,682	417,015,137

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

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
tropicalfruitforum.com	English	32	32,795	892	14 yrs	55,775		SMF

squarespace.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords1,147,898
Referring Domains1,352,006
Domain Age23 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,906,214
Traffic Trend
TechnologySquarespace
hillspet.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords206,722
Referring Domains21,021
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,886,872
Traffic Trend
Technology
noahlangphotography.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)33
Total Keywords28,156
Referring Domains884
Domain Age5 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,838,468
Traffic Trend
Technology
pixar.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)80
Total Keywords25,185
Referring Domains25,736
Domain Age35 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,138,006
Traffic Trend
TechnologySquarespace
chelseamarket.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)70
Total Keywords11,374
Referring Domains6,291
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,388,094
Traffic Trend
Technology
bookishwayfarer.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)19
Total Keywords10,518
Referring Domains147
Domain Age6 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,351,646
Traffic Trend
Technology
mashupmath.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)48
Total Keywords51,645
Referring Domains2,099
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,276,104
Traffic Trend
Technology
pressedcafe.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)36
Total Keywords11,722
Referring Domains667
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,955,466
Traffic Trend
Technology
treelinereview.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)58
Total Keywords91,103
Referring Domains2,371
Domain Age7 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,812,606
Traffic Trend
Technology
1992sharetea.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)50
Total Keywords12,862
Referring Domains1,572
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,550,991
Traffic Trend
Technology