{"id":8242,"date":"2022-03-16T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T10:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostnoc-revamp.branex.org\/blog\/?p=8242"},"modified":"2025-01-14T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T14:33:14","slug":"wordpress-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostnoc-revamp.branex.org\/blog\/wordpress-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Statistics: Ultimate List Of Eye-Popping WordPress Stats That Will Make Your Jaw Drop (2022)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since its launch almost two decades ago in 2003, WordPress has come a long way. What was created as a personal publishing platform on May 27, 2003 has become the most popular content management system in the world that powers almost half of all websites on the internet.<\/p>\n

If you are interested in learning more astonishing WordPress facts, statistics and insights, you have come to the right place.<\/p>\n

Ultimate List of Amazing WordPress Statistics For 2022<\/h2>\n

WordPress Usage Statistics<\/h3>\n
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  1. WordPress powers 43.3%<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>of all websites<\/li>\n
  2. More than 455 million <\/strong>websites use WordPress<\/li>\n
  3. 14.7%<\/b> <\/strong>of top 100 websites on the internet are powered by WordPress<\/li>\n
  4. WordPress market share is 65.2%<\/b>\u00a0in the content management systems market, which makes it the market leader.<\/li>\n
  5. More than 1.1<\/b>\u00a0million <\/strong>new domains are registered by WordPress every six months<\/li>\n
  6. WordPress powers more than 2 million<\/strong> new websites every year<\/li>\n
  7. 661 <\/strong>new websites are created daily on WordPress<\/li>\n
  8. WordPress 5.7 has been downloaded 37 million <\/strong>times<\/li>\n
  9. There are more than 58,000 <\/strong>plugins on WordPress<\/li>\n
  10. Every second, 17 posts <\/strong>are published on WordPress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"WordPress<\/p>\n

    WordPress.com Traffic Statistics<\/h2>\n
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    1. 409 million <\/strong>people visit WordPress.com every month<\/li>\n
    2. These users visits more than 20 billion <\/strong>pages on WordPress.com every month<\/li>\n
    3. Every month, 70 million<\/strong> new posts are posted on WordPress<\/li>\n
    4. WordPress posts get more than 77 million<\/strong> comments each month<\/li>\n
    5. 35 million <\/strong>files are uploaded on the platform every month<\/li>\n
    6. 24.7<\/b> million <\/strong>files were uploaded on WordPress.com blogs every month<\/li>\n
    7. 12 million <\/strong>new pages are created each month<\/li>\n
    8. 50,000 WordPress.com<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0sites are being launched every day<\/li>\n
    9. Every month, more than 27000 <\/strong>new support requests are added.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"WordPress<\/p>\n

      WordPress Security Statistics<\/h2>\n
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      1. More than 90,000 attacks <\/strong>target WordPress websites every minute<\/li>\n
      2. 61% <\/strong>of infected websites are outdated<\/li>\n
      3. 52% <\/strong>of these attacks use vulnerabilities in plugins<\/li>\n
      4. 41% <\/strong>of vulnerabilities are caused by WordPress hosting platform<\/li>\n
      5. 39% <\/strong>use cross-site scripting vulnerabilities<\/li>\n
      6. 37% <\/strong>are caused due to core WordPress files<\/li>\n
      7. 16.1%<\/b> use brute force attack<\/li>\n
      8. 10% <\/strong>use themes and hosting loopholes<\/li>\n
      9. 8% <\/strong>of WordPress websites are compromised due to weak passwords<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \"Infected<\/p>\n

        WordPress Plugin Statistics<\/h2>\n
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        1. WordPress plugins are downloaded over 1 billion<\/strong> times<\/li>\n
        2. Akismet is the most popular plugin on WordPress with more than 82 million<\/strong> downloads<\/li>\n
        3. JetPack is the second most popular plugin with 53 million <\/strong>downloads<\/li>\n
        4. Only 11 plugins have managed to receive more than 7 million<\/strong> download<\/li>\n
        5. Only 19 plugins have managed to surpass the 1 million<\/strong> download mark<\/li>\n
        6. 57% of WordPress plugins have never been rated.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \"WordPress<\/p>\n

          WordPress Themes Statistics<\/h2>\n
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          1. There are over 31,000 <\/strong>themes available for WordPress<\/li>\n
          2. Avanda is the most popular WordPress theme and has been sold 500,000<\/strong> times<\/li>\n
          3. The second most popular theme is X, which has received more than 200,000 <\/strong><\/li>\n
          4. The third most popular WordPress theme is Enfold, which has been downloaded 181,000<\/strong> times<\/li>\n
          5. The average cost of WordPress themes is $77.57<\/strong><\/li>\n
          6. 23.2%<\/b> of <\/strong>WordPress themes cost $59<\/strong><\/li>\n
          7. 18.9%<\/b> <\/strong>WordPress themes cost $41 to $58<\/strong><\/li>\n
          8. 17.1%<\/b> of <\/strong>WordPress themes cost $31 to $40<\/strong><\/li>\n
          9. 15.2%<\/b> <\/strong>WordPress themes cost anywhere between $60 and $70<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \"Average<\/p>\n

            WordPress Version Statistics<\/h2>\n
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            1. WordPress version 5 is used by 87.8%<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>users<\/li>\n
            2. WordPress version 4 is used by 11.5%<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>users<\/li>\n
            3. WordPress version 3 is used by 0.6%<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>users<\/li>\n
            4. WordPress version 2 is used by less than 0.1%<\/b>\u00a0<\/strong>users<\/li>\n
            5. WordPress version 1 is used by less than 0.1%<\/b>\u00a0users<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              \"WordPress<\/p>\n

              WordPress Language and Country Statistics<\/h2>\n
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              1. WordPress is available in 60 languages <\/strong>around the world<\/li>\n
              2. Top 5 countries with respect to WordPress usage are the United States, Iran, United Kingdom, Russia and Canada<\/strong><\/li>\n
              3. The United States has more than 9,266,877 WordPress websites<\/strong><\/li>\n
              4. Iran has 345,878 WordPress websites<\/strong><\/li>\n
              5. The United Kingdom has 317,775 websites<\/strong><\/li>\n
              6. Canada has 310,441 websites<\/strong><\/li>\n
              7. Russia has 210,885 websites<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \"WordPress<\/p>\n

                WordPress Community Statistics<\/h2>\n
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                1. There are more than 1550 <\/strong>meetup groups<\/li>\n
                2. These WordPress groups have more than 511,000 active members <\/strong>worldwide<\/li>\n
                3. WordPress support forum covers more than 20 million <\/strong>different topics<\/li>\n
                4. 1084 <\/strong>WordCamps have been organized till date<\/li>\n
                5. These community events were held in 76 cities <\/strong>of the world<\/li>\n
                6. WordCamps took place in 65 countries <\/strong>around the world<\/li>\n
                7. WordCamp were organized across 6 different continents <\/strong>of the world<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \u00a0<\/strong>Which of these WordPress statistics really blew your mind? Let us know in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

                  References<\/h2>\n

                  https:\/\/financesonline.com\/wordpress-statistics\/<\/a>
                  \n                  https:\/\/www.whatsthehost.com\/wordpress-stats\/<\/a>
                  \n                  https:\/\/kinsta.com\/blog\/wordpress-statistics\/<\/a>
                  \n                  https:\/\/www.codeinwp.com\/blog\/wordpress-statistics\/#popularity<\/a>
                  \n                  https:\/\/www.manaferra.com\/wordpress-statistics\/#:~:text=In%202022%2C%20WordPress%20has%20a,than%2010%25%20over%20the%20years<\/a>.
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