WordPress Statistics

100 WordPress Statistics and Facts You Need To Know in 2024

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WordPress is a familiar name for anyone who works or owns a website. Empowering 40% of the sites on the web, it is also acclaimed for having started the era of affordable internet spaces. Creating a website has become much easier after the introduction of WordPress in the market!

In this article, we will learn key WordPress statistics as the industry changes its dynamics by the minute. 😀 This post is a part of our leading content management system statistics post.

For your easiness, I’ve categorized the statistics into:

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Top WordPress Statistics

  1. 43.1% of websites on the internet run on WordPress in 2024.
  2. 43% of the world use WordPress as their content management system in 2023.
  3. WordPress is used in 178+ countries.
  4. 97% of bloggers use WordPress for their blogging, and it’s their ideal choice.
  5. WordPress websites in 2024 are reaching 861 million.
  6. There are almost 59k+ free WordPress plugins in the WordPress Plugin Directory.
  7. Top websites like TechCrunch, CNN, UPS, TED, Spotify, and more use WordPress.
  8. 36.28% of the top 1 million websites are powered by WordPress.
  1. In 2024, WordPress will introduce more features to enhance the website speed and make it more responsive.
  2. Adding the power of AI to create a seamless user experience without complicating any part of it.
  3. In 2024, we are expected to see exciting plugins on payment gateways, multi-currency support, and more.
  4. WordPress will keep working on Gutenberg and Full Site Editing features.
  5. WordPress is also actively working on improving its mobile-friendliness.
  6. The WordPress Drag-and-drop page builders will make the platform more accessible.

WordPress Market Share

  1. WordPress powers 43.1% of all the websites on the internet.
  2. WordPress had a 62.6% market share of all Content Management systems worldwide.WordPress Statistics
  3. Other popular CMS platforms include Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Joomla, and Drupal.
  4. WordPress statistics show the platform was valued at $636 billion in 2021.
  5. WordPress has been proven to be the most popular for blogs, as 91.6% of blog websites use WordPress.
  6. WordPress.org is available in 208 languages. US English dominates the list with a 44.3% share, followed by Japanese and Spanish.
  7. WordPress is the best CMS platform for SEO, with 49% of top-ranking domains using it.
  8. WooCommerce by WordPress is used by 39% of eCommerce site owners.

WordPress Usage Statistics

  1. Every month, WordPress users publish 70 million posts using the platform. This translates to 840 million posts every year.
  2. WordPress usage has increased steadily by 12% YoY since 2011.
  3. More than 409 million people visit 20 billion WordPress pages every month.
  4. WordPress 6 is the widely used version of the platform, with 76.7% of WordPress sites using it.
  5. WordPress statistics show that the platform powers 30.3% of the top 1000 websites.
  6. WordPress gets 409 million unique visitors and 20 billion page views every month.
  7. In 2022, over 105 million people searched for ‘WordPress’ on Google.
  8. 19.9% of WordPress sites have a WooCommerce plugin installed.
  9. The WooCommerce plugin has been downloaded 240 million times.
  10. WordPress usage has changed from 43% on 1 December 2022 to 42.6% on 15 December 2023.
  11. There are nearly 455 million WordPress websites globally.
  12.  742K websites are using WordPress in Russia.
  13. There are 70 million new posts on WordPress.
  14. 77 million new comments are done monthly on WordPress sites.
  15. 27 posts are created every second on WordPress.com.
  16. Around 409 million people view over 20 billion pages monthly on WordPress.
  17. There has been a 12% increase per year since 2011 in WordPress usage.

WordPress Traffic Statistics

  1. There are 2 billion WordPress search queries on Google.
  2. The keyword WordPress is searched 2.3M times each month, according to Ahrefs.
  3. Not only on search results, but WordPress is also popular on YouTube as well, with 3k+ channels mentioning its name.
  4. 1.1 million new domains are registered every six months, and WordPress is the top site builder and everyone’s favourite to use.
  5. Around 43.3% of WordPress sites are in the US.

WordPress Versions Statistics

  1. There have been 43 major versions of WordPress since its launch.
  2. As per the WordPress.org download counter, the version 5.8 has been downloaded over 50 million times.
  3. Around 59.2% use the latest version of WordPress 6.4, while 6.8% use their 6.3 version.
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  4. The most used My SQL version of WordPress is 5.7 version.
  5. The newest versions of WordPress are set to release in 2024.

WordPress Themes Statistics

  1. The WordPress statistics show its official catalog has over 11,000+ free themes.
  2. There are over 20,000 WordPress themes available on the internet, including paid ones.
  3. The average price of a WordPress theme is $57.54.
  4. Free plugins and themes are more susceptible to security vulnerabilities than paid ones.
  5. There are 73 themes on WooCommerce’s official depository.
  6. Over 1400 themes and templates are on ThemeForest.
  7. Hello and Astra are the most popular WordPress themes used by the top million sites.

WordPress Plugins Statistics

  1. WordPress has more than 59,000+ free plugins in its official directory.
  2. WordPress plugins empower 50+ million websites.
  3. Yoast SEO is the most popular WordPress plugin, with over 13 million downloads.
  4. Elementor (a free website builder for WordPress) is used by 21.9% of all the websites that use WordPress.
  5. Woocommerce is used by 20.7% of all the websites that use WordPress.
  6. WPBakery is used by 11.8% of all the websites that use WordPress.
  7. Among popular WordPress plugins, Yoast SEO has over 5+ million active installations and over 27,610 5-star ratings.
  8. Among Beta Plugins, Gutenberg 300,000 + active installations and 3,715 ratings.
  9. 57% of WordPress plugins have no reviews.
  10. The Gutenberg plugin has 300,000+ active installations.
  11. The Akismet plugin has 5+ million active installations.
  12. Contact Form 7 plugin is the most popular contact form plugin, with 5 million active installations.
  13. JetPack is also a popular plugin with 5 million active installations.
  14. 22% of the top 1 million e-commerce websites use WooCommerce.
  15. 19.9% of WordPress sites have a WooCommerce plugin installed. The plugin has been downloaded 240 million times.
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  16. Akismet has blocked over 500 billion spam pieces.
  17. WordPress has nearly 1000 eCommerce plugins.

WordPress Security Statistics

  1. Of around 40,000 WordPress websites in Alexa, 70% are vulnerable to hacker attacks and security breaches.
  2. 8% of WordPress sites are hacked due to weak/stolen passwords.
  3. According to Kinsta, 500 WordPress websites get hacked every day.
  4. The average data breach cost is around $4.45 million—a 15% increase in the average cost over the past three years.
  5. There were 109 vulnerabilities in 98 WordPress plugins and 10 WordPress themes, as per Wordfence.
  6. There are 90,000 attacks on WordPress sites every minute.
  7. According to the WordPress vulnerability report, 97% of vulnerabilities come from plugins, 2.4% from themes, and 0.05% from core software.
  8. A vulnerability on the WordPress hosting platform causes 41% of attacks on WordPress sites.

WordPress Community Statistics

  1. On a monthly basis, 409% million people view 20% billion pages on WordPress.
  2. There are multiple WordPress groups on Facebook with various members.
  3. The WordPress community hosted 128 WorldCamp events in 48 countries in 2017.

General WordPress Statistics

  1. Christine Selleck Tremoulet (a friend of the co-founder of WordPress) suggested the name WordPress.
  2. English is the most used language in WordPress, around 71%, followed by Spanish and Indonesian.
  3. Automattic, Inc. operates and owns WordPress.
  4. WordPress Themes was first introduced in 2005.
  5. On average, 24.7 million files get uploaded on WordPress.
  6. An anti-spam plugin, Akismet has blocked 450 billion spam comments on over 6 million WordPress websites.
  7. WordPress has been reported to be the fastest-growing CMS platform for 11 years in a row.
  8. 32% of the freelancers charge an hourly rate of $10-19, while 28% of them charge $20-28.
  9. The entry-level salary of the WordPress developer is approximately $40K.
  10. WordPress developers charge $90 in the United States and $70 in the specialized marketplace in other countries.
  11. On Glassdoor, the average salary of a WordPress developer is $67,837.
  12. The paid plan of WordPress starts at $9 per month.
  13. WordPress.org is available in 208 languages.
  14. US English dominates the list with a 44.3% share, followed by Japanese and Spanish.
  15. WordPress receives over 400 million visits each month.
  16. WordPress bloggers make six posts per second.

FAQs Related to WordPress Statistics

1. How many websites use WordPress in 2023?

Ans. Over 455 million websites used WordPress in 2023.

2. How many times has WordPress been downloaded?

Ans. The latest WordPress 6.4 has been downloaded more than 60 million times.

3. Where can I buy WordPress themes?

Ans. You can buy WordPress from its official site or from theme stores like ThemeForest.

4. Does WordPress have any analytics?

Ans. WordPress websites don’t have built-in analytics, so you must either install Google analytics or get a WordPress plugin.

5. In how many languages is WordPress available?

Ans. WordPress supports over 100 languages to make it easier for people from all around the world.

Conclusion

WordPress, a content management system, continues to be popular among the masses. With growing popularity and usage comes greater responsibility for WordPress to fulfill user needs.

I hope these WordPress Statistics and Facts will help you understand the state of the leading CMS platform in the market!

Sources: Ellipsis, InfoStride, Scepter Marketing, ThemeForest, BuiltWith Trends, W3Techs, W3Techs, W3Techs, W3Techs, W3Techs, WooCommerce, WordPress.com, WordPress.com, WordPress.com, WordPress.org, WordPress.org, WordPress.org, WPScan, Encyclopedia Britannica, Expand the Room, Yoast SEO

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100 WordPress Statistics and Facts You Need To Know in 2024

Vishal Dave

He is a Content Writer at Meetanshi with 3+ years of experience. His main responsibility is to simplify complex subjects using an easy-to-understand language. Digital marketing, E-commerce, and Technology are his domains of expertise.