Newsmag vs pub

pub is used by more websites in our catalog: 271 use Newsmag and 2,530 use pub.

Newsmag sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (Newsmag: 27, pub: 8).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, Newsmag went from 0.04% to 0.03% 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 Newsmag 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.