LifterLMS vs Populi

LifterLMS is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,793 use LifterLMS and 713 use Populi.

Populi sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (LifterLMS: 30, Populi: 52).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, LifterLMS went from 0.38% to 0.32% of all tracked sites, while Populi went from 0.10% to 0.08%. Populi is gaining ground faster in our index.

5 websites in our catalog use both LifterLMS and Populi.

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.