Websites Using Akismet
14,375 live WordPress websites load Akismet on their homepage, the 81st most common plugin we can see from outside (0.6% of all websites using WordPress in our data). Outside generic extensions (76% use .com, .org and similar), the biggest markets are United Kingdom, Australia and Russia.
How Akismet sites compare
- 2.3% still run a WordPress release older than 6.0, well below the WordPress average (6.1%).
- 13% of Akismet sites are built with Elementor, below the WordPress average (23%).
- 56% of Akismet sites use Yoast SEO, above the WordPress average (41%).
- 7.3% of Akismet sites use Rank Math, below the WordPress average (9.9%).
What Akismet websites are built with
Plugins used alongside
Share of Akismet sites that also load each plugin on their homepage.
Most used themes
Active parent theme on Akismet sites.
Page builders
64% 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. 76% use generic extensions (.com, .org, .net…).
Languages
Language declared in the page's <html lang> attribute.
WordPress versions
Among sites that expose their version (70%); the rest hide it.
Hosting (when identifiable)
Only hosts that identify themselves in HTTP headers are counted.
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 Akismet websites by traffic rank
The full list of all 14,375 sites, with every column, is in the dataset.
| Rank | Domain | Homepage title | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,609 | cepa.org | Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) - CEPA | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 4,466 | stamen.com | Stamen | Data Visualization Design Agency & Cartography Firm | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 8,558 | current.org | Home - Current | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 9,282 | globalnetworkinitiative.org | Home - Global Network Initiative | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 10,795 | foodrevolution.org | Join the Food Revolution: Science-Based Nutrition for Life | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 11,751 | boffosocko.com | Chris Aldrich | BoffoSocko | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 11,852 | newlinesinstitute.org | Home - New Lines Institute | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 17,030 | maxient.com | Maxient – The Experts in Conduct Software | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 17,894 | copyhackers.com | Messaging Excellence | Corporate Training with Joanna Wiebe | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
| 17,897 | cmsny.org | Homepage - The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) | Global (.com/.org/.net) |
Get all 14,375 Akismet websites
All 14,375 Akismet sites are in the full dataset: filter the plugins 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.