Fascinating WordPress Statistics (2023)

By Georgie Peru

Last Updated February 23, 2023

WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that’s built on PHP and MySQL. WordPress is free to use as a self-hosted solution and can be modified by anyone, making it extremely popular with developers, programmers, and individuals/businesses wanting to create their ideal website.

Since it first launched in 2003, WordPress has come on leaps and bounds. It’s now the most popular CMS powering over 40% of all websites on the internet.

If you’re still not convinced that WordPress is right for you or your business, these fascinating WordPress statistics should open your eyes to how this CMS is used, how it can boost your website, and how you can leverage it to succeed.

Eye-Opening WordPress Statistics

More than 455 million websites use WordPress
Every month, 41.7 million posts are published on WordPress
English is used in 71% of WordPress posts
The average pay for WordPress developers is around $53,000
There are 24.8 million live WordPress sites
There are 58,250 available plugins for WordPress
39% of hacked WordPress sites run an outdated version of the software
409 million people view 15.5 billion pages every month
There have been 1,074 WordCamps so far

WordPress User Statistics

WordPress is used by top websites like The New Yorker, Sony Music, TechCrunch, and more
661 new WordPress sites start their journey daily
WordPress has over 75 million active users
WordPress was used by a popular TV show to create a mockup of a missile guidance system

WordPress Security Statistics

Only 23% of WordPress users have installed the latest version
Over 70,000 websites are blacklisted by Google every week
98% of WordPress vulnerabilities are due to plugins
The Panama paper leaks were caused by a plugin vulnerability
39% of hacked WordPress sites run an outdated version of the CMS

WordPress Theme Statistics

Envato Market has sold over $1 million worth of WordPress themes
An item is sold on Envato Market every 5 seconds
There are over 11,000 themes on Envato Market
The Avada theme has over 500,000 sales
93% of sales on Envato Market are for responsive themes
The average cost of a theme is $59
Divi, Avada, and the Genesis Framework are the most popular themes of all time
A custom WordPress website design can cost anywhere between $500 – $52,800
“Kubrick” and “WordPress Classic” are two of the oldest and popular WordPress themes

WordPress Plugin Statistics

Popular WordPress plugins like WooCommerce get as many as 1 million installations per week
WordPress plugins have been downloaded over 1.5 billion times already
ThemeForest is the most famous marketplace for premium WordPress themes and plugins
Akismet, one of the most popular WordPress plugins, has reportedly caught 400 billion spam comments to date
Some of the most popular WordPress plugins like Yoast SEO, Akismet, Jetpack, and Contact Form 7 have over 5 million active installations each
WordPress plugins were first introduced in version 1.2
WordPress.org has witnessed a total of 1,250,000,000+ plugin downloads so far
The top 30 plugins in the official WordPress directory have been installed more than 1 million times each
Jetpack has been downloaded 93 million times
Gravity Forms, Timthumbs, and Revslider are the top 3 most hacked WordPress plugins
In 2016, WordPress plugin downloads surpassed 1.48 billion, a 48% growth since 2015

WooCommerce Statistics

WooCommerce is one of the most popular eCommerce plugins
WooCommerce has been downloaded over 50 million times
WooCommerce powers 28% of all eCommerce sites
Of the top 1 million online stores, more than 20,000 are powered by WooCommerce
281 new WooCommerce powered online-shops start on average each day

WordPress Growth Statistics

WordPress commands 39.6% of the internet in 2021, it was 35% in 2020. Thus the growth of nearly 5%, which is also 1% better than the previous year
WordPress is officially the most favored CMS
WordPress is older than Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube
The website base of WordPress increased by nearly 3.2% between 2019 and 2021
WordPress is the fifth most visited website in the US
WordPress.org has more than 54,000 plugins and over 7,000 themes
WordPress is used by businesses in over 68 languages
More than 25% of newly registered domains are run with WordPress
WordPress reportedly receives more monthly visitors than some of the popular sites like Amazon and Twitter
WordPress is the only CMS that has ever reached 100 (in July 2014) in Google Trends’ interest score
WordPress CMS is nearly 12 times more popular than Drupal and 10 times more popular than Joomla

Interesting WordPress Statistics

WordPress doesn’t have a CEO
The first WordCamp was held back in 2006
All the major WordPress releases were named after jazz musicians
WordPress is available in 205 different languages
25% of WordPress users make a full-time living from the platform
In early 2015, 243,161 freelance projects related to WordPress on Freelancer.com
WordPress is used by governments, celebrities, and educational institutes
There are over 2 million topics on the official WordPress support forum
Matt Mullenweg, the founder of WordPress, was only 19-year old when he launched the CMS

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Georgie is well-versed in web hosting and technology industries, with a thirst for providing guides and resources for all users. She has 10+ years' experience in the field.

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