Is WordPress or XenForo more popular?

WordPress is used by more websites in our catalog: 267,619 use WordPress and 2,198 use XenForo.

Does WordPress or XenForo have higher-authority sites?

WordPress sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (WordPress: 26, XenForo: 21).

Is WordPress or XenForo growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, WordPress went from 35% to 30% of all tracked sites, while XenForo went from 0.35% to 0.25%. XenForo is gaining ground faster in our index.

Can a site use both WordPress and XenForo?

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

Where does this WordPress 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.

WordPress vs XenForo — Site Stats Database

WordPress 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	WordPress	XenForo
Websites	267,619	2,198
Market share	52%	0.43%
Share of top 10K sites	16%	0.05%
Share of top 100K sites

Rank	#1	#22

Median DR	26	21

Average DR	28	23

Median keywords	921	2,881

Median referring domains	350	687

Median domain age	12 yrs	19 yrs

Average domain age	14 yrs	18 yrs

Average monthly traffic	52,075	37,701

Combined monthly traffic	13,936,359,016	82,867,159

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

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
rottentomatoes.com	English	87	4,123,803	130,919	27 yrs	626,896,769		WordPress

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