twentysixteen vs u-design

twentysixteen is used by more websites in our catalog: 518 use twentysixteen and 171 use u-design.

twentysixteen and u-design sites have a similar median Ahrefs Domain Rating.

Between 2026-06 and 2026-07, twentysixteen went from 0.06% to 0.06% of all tracked sites, while u-design went from 0.02% to 0.02%. u-design is gaining ground faster in our index.

No. A site runs a single WordPress theme, so twentysixteen and u-design 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.