Global Message Boards Usage Statistics and Market Share
We are tracking usage statistics and market share of 26 web technologies in Message Boards. In March 2023 the most popular web technology in Message Boards is Discuz! X with 32% market share. In second place there is phpBB with 16% market share. After that there are XenForo with 11%, vBulletin with 7% and Discourse with 7% market share. Top 5 web technologies together have 73% market share. The remaining 21 web technologies in Message Boards have a combined market share of 27%.
About Message Boards
A message board, or an internet forum, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are often longer than one line of text, and are at least temporarily archived.
We are tracking 26 different technologies in Message Boards.
There are 98,362 websites using Message Boards in out database.
Message Boards Usage Statistics and Market Share in March 2023
#1 Discuz! X 
31.90%
#2 phpBB 
15.76%
#3 XenForo 
10.89%
#4 vBulletin 
10.03%
#5 Discourse 
7.27%
#6 phpwind 
5.35%
#7 IPB 
5.35%
#8 Reddit 
4.41%
#9 SMF 
3.84%
#10 MyBB 
2.43%
#11 Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware 
0.67%
#12 Flarum 
0.44%
#13 Vanilla 
0.39%
#14 Burning Board 
0.29%
#15 Mastodon 
0.25%
#16 punBB 
0.24%
#17 NodeBB 
0.16%
#18 FluxBB 
0.09%
#19 TiddlyWiki 
0.09%
#20 PeerTube 
0.07%
#21 YaBB 
0.03%
#22 Mattermost 
0.02%
#23 Misskey 
0.01%
#24 XMB 
0.01%
#25 uKnowva 
0.01%
#26 MiniBB 
0.00%
Technologies in Message Boards
Discuz! X
Discuz! is an Internet forum software written in PHP.
phpBB
phpBB is a free and open-source Internet forum software written in PHP scripting language.
XenForo
XenForo is a PHP-based forum hosting program for communities that is designed to be deployed on a remote web server.
vBulletin
vBulletin is a proprietary Internet forum software package written in PHP.
Discourse
Discourse is an open-source internet forum and mailing list management software application.
phpwind
IPB
Reddit
Reddit is s social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members.
SMF
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is a free, open source Internet forum software written in PHP.
MyBB
MyBB is a free and open-source forum software written in PHP.
Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware
Tiki Wiki is a free and open-source wiki-based content management system and online office suite written primarily in PHP.
Flarum
Flarum is a discussion platform.
Vanilla
Vanilla is a both a cloud-based (SaaS) open-source community forum software.
Burning Board
Mastodon
Mastodon is a free and open-source self-hosted social networking service.
punBB
NodeBB
FluxBB
TiddlyWiki
TiddlyWiki is an open-source notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information.
PeerTube
PeerTube is a free and open-source, decentralized, federated video platform powered by ActivityPub and WebTorrent.
YaBB
Mattermost
Misskey
Misskey is a distributed microblogging platform.
XMB
uKnowva
MiniBB
Message Boards Market Share History in Last 12 Months
| Technology | May 2022 | June 2022 | July 2022 | August 2022 | September 2022 | October 2022 | November 2022 | December 2022 | January 2023 | February 2023 | March 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discuz! X | 31.35% | 31.39% | 31.49% | 31.41% | 31.47% | 31.90% | 32.08% | 31.95% | 31.90% | 31.92% | 46.73% |
| phpBB | 16.35% | 16.29% | 16.12% | 16.10% | 16.07% | 15.87% | 15.79% | 15.81% | 15.77% | 15.75% | 23.08% |
| vBulletin | 10.46% | 10.50% | 10.42% | 10.29% | 10.26% | 10.15% | 10.07% | 10.07% | 10.08% | 10.04% | 14.69% |
| XenForo | 10.27% | 10.29% | 10.44% | 10.63% | 10.64% | 10.70% | 10.75% | 10.78% | 10.86% | 10.88% | 15.95% |
| Discourse | 7.57% | 7.55% | 7.51% | 7.46% | 7.43% | 7.30% | 7.24% | 7.23% | 7.21% | 7.24% | 10.65% |
| phpwind | 5.74% | 5.72% | 5.64% | 5.58% | 5.55% | 5.44% | 5.39% | 5.37% | 5.34% | 5.35% | 7.84% |
| IPB | 5.52% | 5.50% | 5.45% | 5.44% | 5.44% | 5.40% | 5.38% | 5.38% | 5.37% | 5.37% | 7.83% |
| SMF | 4.01% | 3.99% | 3.98% | 3.96% | 3.96% | 3.93% | 3.90% | 3.90% | 3.88% | 3.86% | 5.62% |
| 3.70% | 3.74% | 3.90% | 4.03% | 4.07% | 4.17% | 4.24% | 4.32% | 4.38% | 4.39% | 6.46% | |
| MyBB | 2.34% | 2.33% | 2.31% | 2.34% | 2.35% | 2.38% | 2.39% | 2.42% | 2.42% | 2.43% | 3.56% |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | 0.71% | 0.71% | 0.70% | 0.69% | 0.69% | 0.68% | 0.68% | 0.68% | 0.68% | 0.67% | 0.98% |
| Vanilla | 0.42% | 0.42% | 0.41% | 0.41% | 0.41% | 0.40% | 0.40% | 0.40% | 0.40% | 0.39% | 0.58% |
| Flarum | 0.36% | 0.36% | 0.38% | 0.40% | 0.41% | 0.43% | 0.43% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.44% | 0.65% |
| Burning Board | 0.32% | 0.32% | 0.31% | 0.31% | 0.31% | 0.30% | 0.30% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.42% |
| punBB | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.24% | 0.35% |
| Mastodon | 0.20% | 0.20% | 0.22% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.23% | 0.24% | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.37% |
| NodeBB | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.16% | 0.23% |
| FluxBB | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.13% |
| TiddlyWiki | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.08% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.09% | 0.13% |
| YaBB | 0.04% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.05% |
| PeerTube | 0.03% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.06% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.07% | 0.11% |
| Mattermost | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.02% | 0.03% |
| XMB | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
| uKnowva | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% |
| Misskey | 0.00% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.01% | 0.02% |
| MiniBB | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |