WordPress has long been the number one platform when it comes to creating and managing blogs, and with the recent release of the top 100 blogs from Technorati, they are continuing to grow. Each year when Technorati releases their list of the top 100 blogs it comes with a lot of great information not only about the content of the blogs, but also the technology behind them. Included in this report is the breakdown of what blogging platform is being used by each of the pages.
In 2012 48% of all the blogs in the top 100 were using WordPress giving it a dominating lead over any other platform available. This year they have grabbed up an additional 4 spots giving them a full 52% of the top 100 blogs. Custom coded blogs are in second place with 12% and Drupal in 3rd with just 7% which really shows just how much of a lead WordPress has over the competition.
Most people accredit the fact that WordPress is such a leader in this area to them having an extremely easy to use product which can be customized in almost endless ways. They have also partnered with many of the top website hosting companies so people making new pages can install WordPress in just seconds with no technical skills at all. Allowing third parties to code their own add-ins to the platform has also been a huge advantage for WordPress.
While this news may not surprise many people given the fact that just about everyone in the marketing world has owned or worked on at least one WordPress site, it does seem like good news to me for people in general. Having this platform which is not owned or managed by Google, Microsoft or any of the other major players in the Internet world seems like it helps keep the playing field open for all types of people and businesses.
What are your thoughts on this? Are you surprised that WordPress has managed to keep such a commanding lead even against some other powerful platforms?
