Is WordPress.com or WP Engine more popular?

WordPress.com is used by more websites in our catalog: 9,121 use WordPress.com and 4,413 use WP Engine.

Does WordPress.com or WP Engine have higher-authority sites?

WP Engine sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (WordPress.com: 14, WP Engine: 31).

Is WordPress.com or WP Engine growing faster?

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, WordPress.com went from 1.1% to 1.0% of all tracked sites, while WP Engine went from 0.54% to 0.50%. WordPress.com is gaining ground faster in our index.

How many sites use both WordPress.com and WP Engine?

12 websites in our catalog use both WordPress.com and WP Engine.

Where does this WordPress.com vs WP Engine 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.com vs WP Engine — Site Stats Database

WordPress.com vs WP Engine

A side-by-side comparison of two hosting & cdn providers, based on the 404,518 Hosting / CDN sites tracked by Site Stats Database.

Last updated July 1, 2026

Metric	WordPress.com	WP Engine
Websites	9,121	4,413
Market share	2.3%	1.1%
Share of top 10K sites	0.19%	0.32%

Rank	#9	#17

Median DR	14	31

Average DR	20	33

Median keywords	878	1,098

Median referring domains	198	390

Median domain age	9 yrs	16 yrs

Average domain age	11 yrs	17 yrs

Average monthly traffic	34,152	66,257

Combined monthly traffic	311,497,135	292,394,344

wordpress.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)95
Total Keywords11,936,997
Referring Domains4,665,334
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)51,379,435
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress.com
rollingstone.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,594,859
Referring Domains282,640
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)20,854,417
Traffic Trend
Technology
billboard.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)90
Total Keywords1,234,871
Referring Domains203,759
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)19,997,204
Traffic Trend
Technology
tumblr.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)94
Total Keywords2,212,416
Referring Domains2,723,869
Domain Age20 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)18,894,907
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress.com
sheknows.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)82
Total Keywords677,012
Referring Domains110,881
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)11,598,435
Traffic Trend
Technology
pagesix.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords481,504
Referring Domains111,038
Domain Age29 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,804,201
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWordPress.com
thewanderbug.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)27
Total Keywords20,613
Referring Domains475
Domain Age13 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,006,552
Traffic Trend
Technology
culturalfoodies.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)25
Total Keywords6,148
Referring Domains440
Domain Age8 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,998,834
Traffic Trend
Technology
calculators.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)56
Total Keywords73,943
Referring Domains4,406
Domain Age25 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,759,049
Traffic Trend
Technology
calmatters.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)81
Total Keywords101,926
Referring Domains29,106
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)1,585,637
Traffic Trend
Technology

Website	Language	DR (Ahrefs)	Total Keywords	Referring Domains	Domain Age	Traffic (Jun 2026)	Traffic Trend	Technology
wordpress.com	English	95	11,936,997	4,665,334	26 yrs	51,379,435		WordPress.com

ubereats.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)92
Total Keywords3,826,446
Referring Domains71,403
Domain Age14 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)73,292,413
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWP Engine
postmates.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)83
Total Keywords1,969,015
Referring Domains21,160
Domain Age15 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)9,409,536
Traffic Trend
Technology
helpguide.org
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords195,310
Referring Domains74,165
Domain Age26 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)8,351,300
Traffic Trend
Technology
public.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)75
Total Keywords248,426
Referring Domains8,469
Domain Age28 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)7,524,275
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWP Engine
northeastern.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)87
Total Keywords224,224
Referring Domains66,524
Domain Age40 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)5,372,898
Traffic Trend
Technology
thegoodtrade.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords193,891
Referring Domains13,520
Domain Age11 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)4,068,658
Traffic Trend
Technology
fogodechao.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)72
Total Keywords42,866
Referring Domains8,220
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,706,414
Traffic Trend
Technology
fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)79
Total Keywords27,602
Referring Domains4,264
Domain Age30 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,135,798
Traffic Trend
Technology
stamps.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)77
Total Keywords45,113
Referring Domains8,499
Domain Age31 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)3,112,476
Traffic Trend
TechnologyWP Engine
secretaryofstate.com
LanguageEnglish
DR (Ahrefs)60
Total Keywords18,041
Referring Domains407
Domain Age27 yrs
Traffic (Jun 2026)2,536,831
Traffic Trend
Technology