From Humble Beginnings to Internet Dominance: The Rise of WordPress

WordPress has officially taken over the internet. Actually, that happened a while ago, but with W3Techs reporting that WordPress is powering 30% of the Internet, there can be no doubt.
The report goes on to indicate that WordPress owns a whopping 60.3% market share, almost 10 times more than their closest competitor, Joomla, which came in at 3.1% usage and 6.3% market share.
And they just keep growing.
In November of 2015, VentureBeat reported that WordPress was powering 25% of the web, hitting 30% this month.
In order to exclude spam websites, W3Techs only includes the top 10 million websites in their survey, which means that that WordPress went from powering 2.5 million of the internet’s top websites grew to 3 million top websites in just a little over 2 years.
And we’re not just talking little bloggers.
The list of websites using WordPress is nearly a “Who’s Who” of the internet. World recognized brands like Disney, UNICEF, TIME Magazine, Sony, and BBC America use it.
Facebook uses it.
Superstars like Beyonce use it.
Even Snoop Dogg uses it.
But how did they get here? How such an internet behemoth?
Let us give you a fast and furious tour of WordPress
Source: https://managewp.org/articles/17285/from-humble-beginnings-to-internet-dominance-the-rise-of-wordpress

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