Interesting and Fun WordPress Statistics and Facts (2020)
It has been 17 years since WordPress this year. The content management system (CMS) has certainly come a long way. Here are some wild and interesting WordPress facts and statistics for those who are considering WordPress Website Development.
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WordPress has a 60.8% market share in the CMS market
From a blogging tool to a full-featured CMS, WordPress powers huge swaths of the Internet. At least a third of the web is built on the website. Since July 2020, WordPress is the fastest-growing content management system. WordPress Development Services and WordPress Development Company are often some of the most searched terminologies.
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14.7 % of the world’s top websites are powered by WordPress
According to a recent estimate, more than 500 sites are built daily using WordPress whereas only 60-80 are built using other platforms. Open Hub’s Project Cost Calculator tells us that it took roughly 112 person-years to build the core of WordPress.
Some of the top websites that are built using WP include The New York Times, Spotify, TechCrunch, The White House website, BBC America, and even the Facebook Newsroom.
It is because WordPress is so versatile that businesses and organizations across the gamut prefer to use it for their websites.
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WordPress websites are visited by 409 million people each month
WordPress activity data shows that each month more than 409 million people view 20 billion+ WordPress pages, more than 70 million posts, and 77 million comments.
WordPress 5.2 has been downloaded more than 16 million times. Since its launch, WordPress has continuously improved owing to the contribution of open source developers who don’t necessarily get monetary compensation for their time spent
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The difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org
One of the biggest misconceptions regarding WordPress is that the terms are used interchangeably when referring to the variations of .org and .com.
WordPress.org is the open-source CMS and WordPress.org is a blogging platform with basic features that you can avail yourself of for free. WordPress.com is built on top of the WordPress.org core software.
Conclusion
WordPress has evolved into a giant, well-oiled CMS that owes much of its success to the robust community support. It remains to be one of the most popular choices for Website Development.
We at Akshar Technologies provide professional and affordable custom WordPress Website Development services. We have a team of experienced, creative, and driven WordPress developers and designers who are dedicated to providing the best creative web development solutions. We make Unique websites and applications that are based on our client’s specific industry needs, ideas, and requirements. We make sure that our websites are able to give an exquisite user experience. Furthermore, we also provide eCommerce solutions that help in making fully functional and elegant looking eCommerce stores. If you want to build a website with WordPress, then reach us.
Contact us online or you can send us an email at info@akshartechnologies.com.
