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2018\u2019s Most Surprising WordPress Statistics<\/h1>\n
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by Brenda Barron<\/a><\/h5>\n

Last updated: October 29, 2019<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n

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WordPress is a global phenomenon that has come a long way since the release of the first version in 2003. The community has grown considerably, and that growth doesn\u2019t seem to be slowing down.<\/p>\n

WordPress is now the most dominant CMS on the market \u2014 standing head and shoulders above the competition with a good chunk of the marketshare.<\/p>\n

The sheer size and scope of the impact WordPress has had on the internet is hard to imagine. That\u2019s why we have collected some shocking WordPress stats to help put it all into perspective.<\/p>\n

WordPress Took Over 112 Years to Build<\/h2>\n

Obviously that isn\u2019t true because WordPress started in 2003, and you know, computers haven\u2019t existed that long. It\u2019s hard to tell just how many human hours it took to create the WordPress core, but that didn\u2019t stop the people at Open Hub from trying.<\/p>\n

According to Open Hub\u2019s Project Cost Calculator<\/a>, WordPress took an estimated effort of over 112 person-years. This is based off of 423,759 lines of code, with an estimated cost of over $6 million to fund a project of this size.<\/p>\n

WordPress is the Top Content Management System<\/h2>\n

Companies such as W3Tech and Builtwith provide useful reports on internet usage using big data. These numbers may not be pinpoint accurate, but they do provide a valuable glimpse into today\u2019s web trends.<\/p>\n

According to W3techs, WordPress has 58.55%<\/a> of the CMS marketshare \u2014 more than all other systems (eg, Drupal, Joomla) combined.<\/p>\n

Another chart provided by BuiltWith, attributes 51%<\/a> of the market share to WordPress. While the numbers may vary depending on the data collected, one thing is certain \u2014 WordPress is the top CMS on the planet.<\/p>\n

34% of the Internet is Powered by WordPress<\/h2>\n

Considering that the number of total active websites is estimated at over 172 million according to a survey published by netcraft<\/a>, that means that around 75,000,000 websites are using WordPress right now \u2014 with around half of those sites (37,500,000) being hosted on the WordPress.com shared hosting installation. This means that around 20% of all self-hosted websites<\/a> use WordPress, which is still huge.<\/p>\n

WordPress 4.7 Has Been Downloaded Over 19,700,000 Times<\/h2>\n

This figure is only for the latest version of WordPress, \u201cVaughn.\u201d You can checkout the download counter<\/a> at WordPress.org to see how many times the latest version has been downloaded.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that these are the download numbers, not the number of active WordPress websites. If we total that number with the download count for the 30 previous versions of WordPress,<\/a> the number comes out to over 196 million downloads.<\/p>\n

WordPress is *Still* Growing<\/h2>\n

The WordPress platform has evolved into a well-oiled machine thanks to the robust community.<\/p>\n

Local communities organize WordCamps for users of all skill levels. So far there are 635 WordCamps, in 68 cities<\/a> across the globe \u2014 mostly in the USA, Canada, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Italy, Mexico, and South Africa.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s worth mentioning that 65 of the WordCamps took place outside of the US in the year 2016 alone. Check the official WordCamp Schedule<\/a> to find a meetup near you. Below are some fresh stats from the 2016 State of the Word slideshow<\/a> :<\/p>\n