newspack-theme vs Total

Total is used by more websites in our catalog: 367 use newspack-theme and 680 use Total.

newspack-theme sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (newspack-theme: 62, Total: 27).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, newspack-theme went from 0.06% to 0.04% of all tracked sites, while Total went from 0.08% to 0.08%. Total is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so newspack-theme and Total 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.