smart-mag vs theissue

smart-mag is used by more websites in our catalog: 1,021 use smart-mag and 120 use theissue.

smart-mag sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (smart-mag: 32, theissue: 32).

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, smart-mag went from 0.15% to 0.12% of all tracked sites, while theissue went from 0.02% to 0.01%. theissue is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so smart-mag and theissue 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.