Is SMF or WordPress more popular?

WordPress is used by more websites in our catalog: 117 use SMF and 267,619 use WordPress.

Does SMF or WordPress have higher-authority sites?

WordPress sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (SMF: 14, WordPress: 26).

Is SMF or WordPress growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01% of all tracked sites, while WordPress went from 35% to 30%. SMF is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both SMF and WordPress?

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

Where does this SMF vs WordPress 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 WordPress — Site Stats Database

SMF vs WordPress

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	WordPress
Websites	117	267,619
Market share	0.02%	52%
Share of top 10K sites	0.00%	16%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#86	#1

Median DR	14	26

Average DR	19	28

Median keywords	644	921

Median referring domains	310	350

Median domain age	19 yrs	12 yrs

Average domain age	18 yrs	14 yrs

Average monthly traffic	7,091	52,075

Combined monthly traffic	829,682	13,936,359,016

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

rottentomatoes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords4,123,803
Referring Domains130,919
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)626,896,769
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress
nytimes.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords9,214,622
Referring Domains1,473,314
Domain Age32 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)256,700,108
Traffic Trend
Technology
dictionary.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords3,387,790
Referring Domains129,246
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)242,622,664
Traffic Trend
Technology
healthline.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords7,041,614
Referring Domains458,961
Domain Age21 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)220,346,497
Traffic Trend
Technology
thesaurus.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords1,253,792
Referring Domains42,419
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)206,651,155
Traffic Trend
Technology
akc.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords655,094
Referring Domains78,973
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)125,727,029
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress
harvard.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)93
Total Keywords3,845,102
Referring Domains714,396
Domain Age41 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)104,117,233
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress
inchcalculator.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)78
Total Keywords756,682
Referring Domains16,163
Domain Age12 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)89,221,177
Traffic Trend
Technology
biblegateway.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)91
Total Keywords965,722
Referring Domains185,253
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)82,990,263
Traffic Trend
Technology
nasa.gov
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords977,872
Referring Domains485,459
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)82,000,277
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress