{
  "title": "Website Statistics 2026: How Many Websites Are There?",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/",
  "updated": "2026-11-04",
  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
  "attribution": "Source: [publisher] via StatisticsGlobal (https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/)",
  "statistics": [
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft received responses from 1,470,435,351 websites in its September 2026 web server survey, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 1470435351,
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-active-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft classed about 217.6 million websites as active in September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 217.6,
      "unit": "million sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "Netcraft publishes active-site counts and shares by server vendor, not the total. Cloudflare: 55,639,579 active sites = 25.57%, so total = 55,639,579 / 0.2557 = 217.6 million. nginx (34,649,380 / 15.93%) gives 217.5 million and Apache (26,403,710 / 12.14%) gives 217.5 million.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-active-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-active-share-2026",
      "sentence": "Only 14.8% of the websites Netcraft found in September 2026 were active sites, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 14.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "About 217.6 million active sites (see active-site calculation) / 1,470,435,351 sites = 14.80%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-active-share-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-dnib-total-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "Domain name registrations across all top-level domains reached 411.6 million at the end of Q3 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 411.6,
      "unit": "million",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Registry data across all top-level domains compiled by DNIB.com (Verisign). Counts are registrations at 30 September 2026, compiled from ZookNIC, Verisign and Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-dnib-total-q3-2026"
    },
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      "id": "ws-w3-wordpress-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress was used by 39.5% of all websites in November 2026, a 58.2% share of sites with a known CMS, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 39.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-wordpress-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-domains-2026",
      "sentence": "Websites in the Netcraft September 2026 survey sat on 323,147,961 domains, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 323147961,
      "unit": "domains",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-domains-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-computers-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft counted 15,463,120 web-facing computers in its September 2026 web server survey, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 15463120,
      "unit": "computers",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-computers-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-month-gain-2026",
      "sentence": "The number of websites in the Netcraft survey rose by 29.8 million between August and September 2026, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 29.8,
      "unit": "million sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-month-gain-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-yoy-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft found 132.9 million more websites in September 2026 than a year earlier, a rise of 9.9%, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 9.9,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "1,470,435,351 (September 2026) - 1,337,528,194 (September 2025) = 132,907,157. 1,470,435,351 / 1,337,528,194 - 1 = 9.94%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-yoy-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-domains-yoy-2026",
      "sentence": "Domains with websites in the Netcraft survey grew 13.3% between September 2025 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 13.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "323,147,961 (September 2026) / 285,209,235 (September 2025) - 1 = 13.30%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-domains-yoy-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-per-domain-2026",
      "sentence": "Each domain in the Netcraft survey held an average of 4.55 websites (hostnames) in September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 4.55,
      "unit": "sites per domain",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "1,470,435,351 sites / 323,147,961 domains = 4.55.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-per-domain-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-2025",
      "sentence": "Netcraft received responses from 1,337,528,194 websites across 285,209,235 domains in September 2025, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 1337528194,
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2025 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2025-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2025, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-2024",
      "sentence": "Netcraft received responses from 1,119,023,272 websites across 270,782,860 domains in September 2024, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 1119023272,
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2024",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2024 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2024-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "17 September 2024, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-2024"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-2023",
      "sentence": "Netcraft received responses from 1,085,035,470 websites across 254,776,456 domains in September 2023, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 1085035470,
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2023",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2023 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2023-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "29 September 2023, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-2023"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-2021",
      "sentence": "Netcraft received responses from 1,188,038,392 websites across 264,360,621 domains in September 2021, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 1188038392,
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2021",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2021 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2021-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "28 September 2021, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-2021"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-2016",
      "sentence": "Netcraft received responses from 1,285,759,146 websites and 6,118,785 web-facing computers in September 2016, according to Netcraft.",
      "value": 1285759146,
      "unit": "sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2016",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2016 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2016-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "18 September 2016, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-2016"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-10y-2026",
      "sentence": "The number of websites in the Netcraft survey grew 14.4% between September 2016 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 14.4,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "1,470,435,351 (September 2026) / 1,285,759,146 (September 2016) - 1 = 14.36%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-10y-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-sites-since-2023",
      "sentence": "The number of websites in the Netcraft survey grew 35.5% between September 2023 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 35.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "1,470,435,351 (September 2026) / 1,085,035,470 (September 2023) - 1 = 35.52%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-sites-since-2023"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-domains-5y-2026",
      "sentence": "Domains with websites in the Netcraft survey grew 22.2% between September 2021 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 22.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "323,147,961 (September 2026) / 264,360,621 (September 2021) - 1 = 22.24%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-domains-5y-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-computers-10y-2026",
      "sentence": "Web-facing computers in the Netcraft survey grew 2.5 times between September 2016 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 2.5,
      "unit": "times",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
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      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "15,463,120 web-facing computers (September 2026) / 6,118,785 (September 2016) = 2.53.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-computers-10y-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-active-yoy-2026",
      "sentence": "Active websites in the Netcraft survey grew 8.3% between September 2025 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 8.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "September 2026: 55,639,579 / 25.57% = 217.6 million active sites. September 2025: Cloudflare 38,984,570 / 19.41% = 200.8 million. 217.60 / 200.85 - 1 = 8.34%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-active-yoy-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-active-2014",
      "sentence": "Netcraft classed about 177.8 million websites as active in September 2014, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 177.8,
      "unit": "million sites",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2014",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2014 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2014-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "23 September 2014, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "Active sites table, September 2014: Apache 90,229,153 = 50.74%, so total = 90,229,153 / 0.5074 = 177.8 million. nginx (25,865,132 / 14.54%) gives 177.9 million.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-active-2014"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-nc-active-12y-2026",
      "sentence": "Active websites in the Netcraft survey grew 22.4% between September 2014 and September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft data.",
      "value": 22.4,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "Active sites implied by vendor counts and shares: 217.6 million (September 2026, Cloudflare 55,639,579 / 25.57%) / 177.8 million (September 2014, Apache 90,229,153 / 50.74%) - 1 = 22.37%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-nc-active-12y-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-dnib-yoy-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "Domain name registrations rose by 33.0 million, or 8.7%, in the year to Q3 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 8.7,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Registry data across all top-level domains compiled by DNIB.com (Verisign). Counts are registrations at 30 September 2026, compiled from ZookNIC, Verisign and Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-dnib-yoy-q3-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-dnib-com-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "The .com domain had 169.8 million registrations on 30 September 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 169.8,
      "unit": "million",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Registry data across all top-level domains compiled by DNIB.com (Verisign). Counts are registrations at 30 September 2026, compiled from ZookNIC, Verisign and Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-dnib-com-q3-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-dnib-cctld-q3-2026",
      "sentence": "Country-code top-level domains had 151.4 million registrations at the end of Q3 2026, according to DNIB.com.",
      "value": 151.4,
      "unit": "million",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Vendor report",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Registry data across all top-level domains compiled by DNIB.com (Verisign). Counts are registrations at 30 September 2026, compiled from ZookNIC, Verisign and Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-dnib-cctld-q3-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-com-reg-share-2026",
      "sentence": "The .com domain held 41.3% of all domain name registrations at the end of Q3 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from DNIB.com data.",
      "value": 41.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "DNIB.com",
      "source_title": "The Domain Name Industry Brief Quarterly Report Q3 2026",
      "source_url": "https://www.dnib.com/media/downloads/reports/domain-name-report-Q32026.pdf",
      "source_published": "2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/dnib/dnib-quarterly-q1-q3-2026-2026-10-30.csv",
      "sample": "Registry data across all top-level domains compiled by DNIB.com (Verisign). Counts are registrations at 30 September 2026, compiled from ZookNIC, Verisign and Centralized Zone Data Service data.",
      "method": "169.8 million .com registrations / 411.6 million registrations across all TLDs = 41.25%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-com-reg-share-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-live-domain-ratio-2026",
      "sentence": "Netcraft found websites on about 78.5% of registered domain names in September 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Netcraft and DNIB.com data.",
      "value": 78.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Netcraft",
      "source_title": "September 2026 Web Server Survey",
      "source_url": "https://www.netcraft.com/blog/september-2026-web-server-survey",
      "source_published": "30 September 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/netcraft/web-server-survey-september-totals-2014-2026.csv",
      "sample": "Netcraft monthly internet-wide survey of hostnames that answer web requests. A \"site\" is a hostname, so one domain can hold many sites. The active-site count is meant to leave out duplicate sites, parked domains and other machine-generated content.",
      "method": "323,147,961 domains with responding sites (Netcraft, September 2026) / 411.6 million registrations (DNIB.com, 30 September 2026) = 78.5%. The two sources count different things, so treat this as a rough ratio.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-live-domain-ratio-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-com-2026",
      "sentence": "The .com top-level domain was used by 43.6% of all websites in November 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 43.6,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of top level domains for websites",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/top_level_domain",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-com-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-no-cms-2026",
      "sentence": "About 32.2% of websites used none of the content management systems W3Techs tracks in November 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 32.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-no-cms-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-cms-any-2026",
      "sentence": "About 67.8% of websites used a content management system W3Techs tracks in November 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 67.8,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "100% - 32.2% of websites using none of the tracked CMSs (4 November 2026) = 67.8%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-cms-any-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-shopify-2026",
      "sentence": "Shopify was used by 5.3% of all websites in November 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 5.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-shopify-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-wix-2026",
      "sentence": "Wix was used by 4.2% of all websites and Squarespace by 2.4% in November 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 4.2,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-wix-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-wordpress-2015",
      "sentence": "WordPress was used by 23.3% of all websites on 1 January 2015, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 23.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2015",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-wordpress-2015"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-wordpress-gain-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress use rose 16.2 percentage points between January 2015 and November 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 16.2,
      "unit": "percentage points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "39.5% of all websites (4 November 2026) - 23.3% (1 January 2015) = 16.2 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-wordpress-gain-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-wordpress-dip-2026",
      "sentence": "WordPress use fell 3.5 percentage points between January and November 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": -3.5,
      "unit": "percentage points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "39.5% of all websites (4 November 2026) - 43.0% (1 January 2026) = -3.5 points. Over the same period the share using no tracked CMS rose from 28.6% to 32.2%.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-wordpress-dip-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-shopify-gain-2026",
      "sentence": "Shopify use rose from 0.3% of websites in January 2015 to 5.3% in November 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs data.",
      "value": 5,
      "unit": "percentage points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Historical yearly trends in the usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/history_overview/content_management/all/y",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "5.3% (4 November 2026) - 0.3% (1 January 2015) = 5.0 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-shopify-gain-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-ha-cms-2025",
      "sentence": "Content management systems ran over 54% of the websites HTTP Archive observed in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 54,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Part III Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/httparchive/web-almanac-2025-cms-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive crawl of several million websites in July 2025, on mobile and desktop, reported in the Web Almanac 2025.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-ha-cms-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-ha-cms-2021",
      "sentence": "Content management systems ran 43% of mobile websites in 2021, rising to 54% in 2025, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 43,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2021",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Part III Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/httparchive/web-almanac-2025-cms-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive crawl of several million websites in July 2025, on mobile and desktop, reported in the Web Almanac 2025.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-ha-cms-2021"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-ha-wordpress-2025",
      "sentence": "WordPress accounted for 64.3% of mobile CMS usage in 2025, ahead of Shopify at 7.3% and Wix at 5.2%, according to HTTP Archive.",
      "value": 64.3,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Part III Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/httparchive/web-almanac-2025-cms-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive crawl of several million websites in July 2025, on mobile and desktop, reported in the Web Almanac 2025.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-ha-wordpress-2025"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-cms-source-gap-2026",
      "sentence": "W3Techs put CMS use in November 2026 13.8 points above the HTTP Archive 2025 figure, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from W3Techs and HTTP Archive data.",
      "value": 13.8,
      "unit": "percentage points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content management systems",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_management",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded.",
      "method": "W3Techs: 100% - 32.2% using no tracked CMS = 67.8% (4 November 2026). HTTP Archive: over 54% of observed sites in 2025. 67.8 - 54 = 13.8 points. Different samples, dates and detection tools.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-cms-source-gap-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-wp-source-gap-2026",
      "sentence": "HTTP Archive gave WordPress a CMS share 6.1 points higher than W3Techs did in 2026, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from HTTP Archive and W3Techs data.",
      "value": 6.1,
      "unit": "percentage points",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "HTTP Archive",
      "source_title": "Web Almanac 2025, Part III Chapter 12: CMS",
      "source_url": "https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/cms",
      "source_published": "15 January 2026, accessed 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/httparchive/web-almanac-2025-cms-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "HTTP Archive crawl of several million websites in July 2025, on mobile and desktop, reported in the Web Almanac 2025.",
      "method": "HTTP Archive: WordPress 64.3% of mobile CMS usage (2025 crawl, published January 2026). W3Techs: 58.2% CMS market share (4 November 2026). 64.3 - 58.2 = 6.1 points.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-wp-source-gap-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-english-2026",
      "sentence": "English was the content language of 49.5% of websites in November 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 49.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content languages for websites",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
      "sample": "W3Techs daily survey of well over 20 million relevant websites, using Chrome UX Report and Tranco ranking data. Sites with no useful content and duplicates are excluded. Language shares are of sites whose content language W3Techs can detect.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-04",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/website-statistics/#stat-ws-w3-english-2026"
    },
    {
      "id": "ws-w3-spanish-2026",
      "sentence": "Spanish was the content language of 6.1% of websites and German of 5.9% in November 2026, according to W3Techs.",
      "value": 6.1,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "Worldwide",
      "data_year": "2026",
      "source_type": "Research",
      "publisher": "W3Techs",
      "source_title": "Usage statistics of content languages for websites",
      "source_url": "https://w3techs.com/technologies/overview/content_language",
      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
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      "source_published": "updated daily, data for 4 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/w3techs/website-technologies-2026-11-04.csv",
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}