SMF vs XenForo

XenForo is used by more websites in our catalog: 117 use SMF and 2,198 use XenForo.

XenForo sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (SMF: 14, XenForo: 21).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, SMF went from 0.02% to 0.01% of all tracked sites, while XenForo went from 0.35% to 0.25%. SMF is gaining ground faster in our index.

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

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.