A side-by-side comparison of two comment systems, based on the 3,423 Comments sites tracked by Site Stats Database.
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| Metric | Facebook Comments | OpenWeb |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | 1,027 | 497 |
| Market share | 30% | 15% |
| Share of top 10K sites | 0.04% | 0.51% |
| Share of top 100K sites |
|---|
| 0.07% |
| 0.19% |
| Rank | #2 | #3 |
|---|
| Median DR | 23 | 54 |
|---|
| Average DR | 26 | 51 |
|---|
| Median keywords | 853 | 4,918 |
|---|
| Median referring domains | 423 | 2,307 |
|---|
| Median domain age | 12 yrs | 22 yrs |
|---|
| Average domain age | 13 yrs | 20 yrs |
|---|
| Average monthly traffic | 26,246 | 710,219 |
|---|
| Combined monthly traffic | 26,954,767 | 352,979,072 |
|---|
Monthly snapshots of each segment, 2026-06 to 2026-07. Website counts move when our catalog grows; the share of tracked sites is normalized, so it only moves when real prevalence changes.
Websites
Share of tracked sites
Combined monthly traffic
1,027 websites · rank #2
Top industries
Top markets
497 websites · rank #3
Top industries
Top markets
Facebook Comments is used by more websites in our catalog: 1,027 use Facebook Comments and 497 use OpenWeb.
OpenWeb sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Facebook Comments: 23, OpenWeb: 54).
Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Facebook Comments went from 0.15% to 0.12% of all tracked sites, while OpenWeb went from 0.08% to 0.06%. OpenWeb is gaining ground faster in our index.
1 websites in our catalog use both Facebook Comments and OpenWeb.
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.
Citation
Site Stats Database. "Facebook Comments vs OpenWeb." Site Stats Database, July 1, 2026. https://sitestatsdb.com/technologies/comment-systems/compare/facebook-comments-vs-openweb
Site Stats Database tracks 1,027 websites using Facebook Comments and 497 using OpenWeb, each enriched with full monthly traffic history, authority, keywords, referring domains, and the complete detected tech stack. We detect every comment system by crawling each site's HTML, response headers, and DNS; traffic and SEO metrics come from DataForSEO and Ahrefs. Everything refreshes at least monthly.
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| English |
| 71 |
| 255,791 |
| 59,848 |
| 17 yrs |
| 1,329,750 |
| Facebook Comments |
| postandcourier.com | English | 82 | 213,915 | 38,895 | 30 yrs | 1,322,436 | Facebook Comments |
| whimsysoul.com | English | 48 | 58,311 | 4,084 | 11 yrs | 1,281,732 | Facebook Comments |
| homedit.com | English | 76 | 130,908 | 73,321 | 17 yrs | 931,071 | Facebook Comments |
| shaalaa.com | English | 33 | 278,882 | 9,573 | 15 yrs | 914,324 | Facebook Comments |
| retrogames.cz | Polish | 64 | 39,459 | 11,176 | 15 yrs | 846,032 | Facebook Comments |
| communityimpact.com | English | 79 | 165,466 | 31,267 | 25 yrs | 824,241 | Facebook Comments |
| inkedmag.com | English | 71 | 28,422 | 17,930 | 21 yrs | 758,879 | Facebook Comments |
| koimoi.com | English | 73 | 185,936 | 27,779 | 16 yrs | 725,672 | Facebook Comments |
| English |
| 85 |
| 1,217,707 |
| 55,875 |
| 26 yrs |
| 29,302,455 |
| OpenWeb |
| menshealth.com | English | 87 | 1,112,802 | 76,456 | 30 yrs | 16,942,123 | OpenWeb |
| elle.com | English | 90 | 939,826 | 125,421 | 30 yrs | 13,823,175 | OpenWeb |
| allmusic.com | English | 85 | 932,655 | 66,536 | 32 yrs | 9,711,337 | OpenWeb |
| soaps.sheknows.com | English | 82 | 88,215 | 13,094 | 27 yrs | 9,564,916 | OpenWeb |
| runnersworld.com | English | 85 | 341,087 | 57,410 | 31 yrs | 8,410,038 | OpenWeb |
| womenshealthmag.com | English | 87 | 1,015,215 | 73,501 | 22 yrs | 7,897,418 | OpenWeb |
| pagesix.com | English | 83 | 481,504 | 111,038 | 29 yrs | 7,804,201 | OpenWeb |
| celebdirtylaundry.com | English | 50 | 50,268 | 11,016 | 19 yrs | 7,647,023 | OpenWeb |