Message Boards Usage Statistics and Market Share in United States of America (.us)
We are tracking usage statistics and market share of 17 web technologies in Message Boards in United States of America (.us). In April 2024 the most popular web technology in Message Boards in United States of America (.us) is XenForo with 18% market share. In second place there is phpBB with 15% market share. After that there are vBulletin with 12%, Discuz! X with 10% and SMF with 10% market share. Top 5 web technologies together have 65% market share. The remaining 12 web technologies in Message Boards have a combined market share of 35%. Global Message Boards market share report is available here.
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 17 different technologies in Message Boards.
There are 346 websites using Message Boards in United States of America (.us websites) in out database.
Message Boards Usage Statistics and Market Share in United States of America (.us) in April 2024
#1 XenForo 
18.21%
#2 phpBB 
14.74%
#3 vBulletin 
12.43%
#4 Discuz! X 
11.85%
#5 SMF 
9.83%
#6 IPB 
8.67%
#7 Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware 
7.23%
#8 Reddit 
5.20%
#9 Discourse 
3.47%
#10 TiddlyWiki 
3.47%
#11 MyBB 
1.73%
#12 Mastodon 
0.87%
#13 Flarum 
0.58%
#14 NodeBB 
0.58%
#15 phpwind 
0.58%
#16 Vanilla 
0.29%
#17 XMB 
0.29%
Technologies in Message Boards in United States of America (.us)
XenForo
XenForo is a PHP-based forum hosting program for communities that is designed to be deployed on a remote web server.
phpBB
phpBB is a free and open-source Internet forum software written in PHP scripting language.
vBulletin
vBulletin is a proprietary Internet forum software package written in PHP.
Discuz! X
Discuz! is an Internet forum software written in PHP.
SMF
Simple Machines Forum (SMF) is a free, open source Internet forum software written in PHP.
IPB
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.
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.
Discourse
Discourse is an open-source internet forum and mailing list management software application.
TiddlyWiki
TiddlyWiki is an open-source notebook for capturing, organising and sharing complex information.
MyBB
MyBB is a free and open-source forum software written in PHP.
Mastodon
Mastodon is a free and open-source self-hosted social networking service.
Flarum
Flarum is a discussion platform.
NodeBB
phpwind
Vanilla
Vanilla is a both a cloud-based (SaaS) open-source community forum software.
XMB
Message Boards Market Share History in United States of America (.us) in Last 12 Months
| Technology | June 2023 | July 2023 | August 2023 | September 2023 | October 2023 | November 2023 | December 2023 | January 2024 | February 2024 | March 2024 | April 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| vBulletin | 21.63% | 20.51% | 19.90% | 19.84% | 12.50% | 12.32% | 12.36% | 12.36% | 12.36% | 12.39% | 12.43% |
| XenForo | 17.31% | 16.96% | 17.05% | 17.23% | 19.03% | 18.91% | 18.68% | 18.68% | 18.68% | 18.44% | 18.21% |
| phpBB | 12.74% | 13.42% | 13.44% | 13.84% | 14.77% | 14.61% | 14.66% | 14.66% | 14.66% | 14.70% | 14.74% |
| Discuz! X | 10.10% | 10.38% | 10.59% | 10.70% | 11.65% | 11.75% | 11.78% | 11.78% | 11.78% | 11.82% | 11.85% |
| SMF | 9.38% | 9.62% | 9.56% | 8.88% | 9.66% | 9.74% | 9.77% | 9.77% | 9.77% | 9.80% | 9.83% |
| IPB | 7.69% | 7.59% | 7.75% | 7.83% | 8.52% | 8.60% | 8.62% | 8.62% | 8.62% | 8.65% | 8.67% |
| Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware | 6.01% | 6.33% | 6.46% | 6.53% | 7.10% | 7.16% | 7.18% | 7.18% | 7.18% | 7.20% | 7.23% |
| 4.81% | 4.81% | 4.65% | 4.44% | 5.11% | 5.16% | 5.17% | 5.17% | 5.17% | 5.19% | 5.20% | |
| Discourse | 2.88% | 3.04% | 3.10% | 3.13% | 3.41% | 3.44% | 3.45% | 3.45% | 3.45% | 3.46% | 3.47% |
| MyBB | 1.68% | 1.52% | 1.55% | 1.57% | 1.70% | 1.72% | 1.72% | 1.72% | 1.72% | 1.73% | 1.73% |
| TiddlyWiki | 2.88% | 3.04% | 3.10% | 3.13% | 3.41% | 3.44% | 3.45% | 3.45% | 3.45% | 3.46% | 3.47% |
| Mastodon | 0.72% | 0.76% | 0.78% | 0.78% | 0.85% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.86% | 0.87% |
| Flarum | 0.48% | 0.51% | 0.52% | 0.52% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| NodeBB | 0.48% | 0.51% | 0.52% | 0.52% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| phpwind | 0.48% | 0.51% | 0.52% | 0.52% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.57% | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| Vanilla | 0.48% | 0.25% | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.28% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% |
| XMB | 0.24% | 0.25% | 0.26% | 0.26% | 0.28% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% | 0.29% |