salient vs x

salient is used by more websites in our catalog: 2,628 use salient and 528 use x.

salient sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (salient: 27, x: 25).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, salient went from 0.30% to 0.30% of all tracked sites, while x went from 0.06% to 0.06%. salient is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so salient and x 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.