Fascinating WordPress facts and statistics

Since 2003, WordPress has grown rapidly and has become one of the internet’s most popular Content Management System (CMS).

There are plenty of interesting facts and statistics that have come to light over the last 16 years and we’re going to document them in this article. Enjoy finding out more about WordPress.

The very beginning

WordPress was released on 27th May 2003 and was developed by Matt Mullenweg. The original post is still available to see now!

WordPress is older than some of your favourite social media websites

WordPress is older than Facebook (2004), Twitter (2006) and Instagram