WordPress Websites Hosted on WordPress.com / VIP
92,524 WordPress websites in our data are served by WordPress.com / VIP, identified from the HTTP headers its platform adds, out of 2,424,552 websites using WordPress. That ranks it 2nd among hosts that identify themselves. Outside generic extensions (90% use .com, .org and similar), the biggest markets are United Kingdom, Canada and Australia.
How WordPress.com / VIP sites compare
- 1.9% of WordPress.com / VIP sites use Rank Math, well below the WordPress average (9.9%).
- 10% of WordPress.com / VIP sites use Yoast SEO, well below the WordPress average (41%).
- 7.4% of WordPress.com / VIP sites are built with Elementor, well below the WordPress average (23%).
- 4.4% of WordPress.com / VIP sites run WooCommerce, well below the WordPress average (9.5%).
What WordPress.com / VIP websites are built with
Plugins used alongside
Share of WordPress.com / VIP sites that also load each plugin on their homepage.
Most used themes
Active parent theme on WordPress.com / VIP sites.
Page builders
91% of these sites use no detectable page builder.
SEO plugins
Detected from plugin files and the HTML comments SEO plugins add.
Countries
By country domain extension. 90% use generic extensions (.com, .org, .net…).
Languages
Language declared in the page's <html lang> attribute.
WordPress versions
Among sites that expose their version (24%); the rest hide it.
How popular these sites are
Rank is the position of the domain in a list of the 100 million most-visited domains; lower means more traffic.
Top 10 WordPress.com / VIP websites by traffic rank
The full list of all 92,524 sites, with every column, is in the dataset.
| Rank | Domain | Homepage title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | techcrunch.com | TechCrunch | Startup and Technology News | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 92 | variety.com | Variety - Entertainment news, film reviews, awards, film festivals, box office, entertainm | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 93 | hollywoodreporter.com | The Hollywood Reporter – Movie news, TV news, awards news, lifestyle news, business news a | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 94 | rollingstone.com | Rolling Stone – Music, Film, TV and Political News Coverage | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 98 | wordpress.com | WordPress.com: Everything You Need to Build Your Website | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 917 | halo.com | HALO Branded Solutions | Branded Solutions That Break Through | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 1,057 | pcworld.com | PCWorld | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 1,101 | thehill.com | The Hill - covering Congress, Politics, Political Campaigns and Capitol Hill | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 1,234 | nbcbayarea.com | NBC Bay Area – San Francisco news, weather, breaking news | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 1,248 | 9to5mac.com | 9to5Mac - Apple News & Mac Rumors Breaking All Day | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
Get all 92,524 WordPress.com / VIP websites
All 92,524 WordPress.com / VIP sites are in the full dataset: filter the hosting column to get them, with domain, URL, title, WordPress version, theme, plugins, page builder, SEO plugin, hosting, language and country for every site. CSV, ready for Excel or your CRM.