twentysixteen vs twentytwentythree

twentysixteen is used by more websites in our catalog: 518 use twentysixteen and 321 use twentytwentythree.

twentytwentythree sites have the higher median Ahrefs Domain Rating (twentysixteen: 14, twentytwentythree: 20).

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

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so twentysixteen and twentytwentythree 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.