bb-theme-child vs pub

pub is used by more websites in our catalog: 544 use bb-theme-child and 2,530 use pub.

bb-theme-child sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (bb-theme-child: 28, pub: 8).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, bb-theme-child went from 0.06% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while pub went from 0.26% to 0.29%. pub is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so bb-theme-child and pub are mutually exclusive.

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.