ShortPixel vs Smush

Smush is used by more websites in our catalog: 211 use ShortPixel and 12,124 use Smush.

Smush sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (ShortPixel: 23, Smush: 25).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, ShortPixel went from 0.03% to 0.02% of all tracked sites, while Smush went from 1.5% to 1.4%. ShortPixel is gaining ground faster in our index.

6 websites in our catalog use both ShortPixel and Smush.

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.