WordPress serves a diverse ecosystem of stakeholders, each playing a crucial role in the platform's success. Understanding these groups helps us appreciate WordPress's true scale and impact.

1. End Users / Consumers (Billions)

Individuals who visit WordPress-powered websites, often without knowing the CMS behind them.

  • 409+ million monthly visitors to WordPress.com alone
  • 20+ billion monthly page views across WordPress platforms

2. Content Creators (50-100 Million)

Bloggers, writers, and publishers who actively create content.

  • 70+ million blog posts published monthly
  • 77 million comments published monthly
  • Significant portion of 207 million global content creators

3. Website Owners (10-30 Million)

Individuals and organizations who own or operate WordPress sites.

  • Managing 541+ million WordPress installations
  • Many owners managing multiple sites

4. Developers and Technical Users (1-2 Million)

Professionals who customize, extend, or maintain WordPress.

  • 59,000+ active plugins suggest thousands of developers
  • 924 contributors to WordPress 6.8 core release
  • 42.6% are aged 30-39, 88.8% identify as male

5. Business Ecosystem (500,000-1 Million)

Commercial entities offering WordPress-related services.

  • Hosting providers from small to multinational
  • Digital agencies specializing in WordPress
  • Freelancers and consultants

6. Enterprise Users (50,000-100,000)

Large organizations deploying WordPress for corporate needs.

  • 14.7% of top 100 websites use WordPress
  • Examples: CNN, Microsoft, Bloomberg

7. Community Contributors (100,000-500,000)

Volunteers contributing to WordPress's open-source development.

  • 1,236 WordCamps held across 65 countries
  • Extensive volunteer efforts in translation, documentation, and support