WordPress Turns 10
Ten years ago, on May 27, 2003, the first version of WordPress was released by its founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little. The open source blogging tool currently powers 66 million websites, including high profile users such as TechCrunch and CNN.
WordPress websites generate more than 4 billion pageviews from 368 million people per month.
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This chart shows some key facts on WordPress, the open source blogging tool first published ten years ago.
Number of monthly blog posts published by WordPress users from January 2017 to August 2024 (in millions)
Total number of blogs on Tumblr in selected months from July 2012 to September 2025 (in millions)
Number of monthly active Pinterest users worldwide from 1st quarter 2016 to 3rd quarter 2026 (in millions)
Market share of the leading website builders worldwide as of 2026
Worldwide visits to Wikipedia.org from October 2023 to March 2024 (in billions)
Number of Pinterest users worldwide from 2000 to 2040
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