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The share of hosting website is increasing, is the share of open-source systems falling?

📅 2026-11-01 👁️ 0

The share of hosted website is increasing, has the share of open-source systems dropped? According to public statistics, this trend indeed exists: In the year from December 2024 to December 2025, WordPress's market share fell by 2.9%, while Wix grew by 22.4% and Squarespace grew by 6.2%.But the rise and fall of shares shows where new users enter, not which system is better - in the same statistics, WordPress still accounts for 40.2%, the highest share bracket.Mix these two numbers into one thing, and the selection will be biased.

What do the share numbers show?

The scope of public share statistics is usually 'how much is occupied in the known content system websites', and factors such as the sample, crawling method, and whether to exclude shell stations will affect the results. Therefore, such numbers are suitable for observing trends and changes in amplitude, but not suitable as a basis for 'if you install it, it will definitely work'. The percentage above comes from the share page summarized by Colorlib in October 2026, the original scope is cited from the statistics of a third-party search engine journal, and it belongs to annual comparison rather than real-time data.

The direction of rise and fall is more useful than size.

The hosting platform is increasing, the direct reason is that the entry method has changed: when small teams build websites, they first search for 'how to quickly go online', and upon registration, they get a domain, template, certificate, and customer service, saving the segment of server and operation and maintenance; the installation threshold of open-source systems has become a burden in the eyes of the same batch of users. WordPress fell by 2.9% while Wix rose by 22.4%, and Squarespace rose by 6.2%. When these three numbers are put together, the conclusion is 'the low-threshold entry is attracting people who build websites for the first time', not 'open-source systems are being eliminated.'

Requirement The approach of the hosting platform The approach of open-source systems
First launch Register and use, template skinning Host and deployment required
Cost structure Annual subscription, including basic operation and maintenance Host and labor paid by themselves
Data controllable Export limited, dependent on the platform Self-owned data and backup
Custom depth Within the scope of platform support Custom field and template customization
Migration cost Reconstruction on a new platform Can be moved as a whole

Where does the change in entry come from

Two forces are pushing this number: one is that AI-assisted website building has further lowered the threshold of 'starting from scratch to build a page', and the hosting platform has made it the default process first;The cost of security and operations has led some sites to reassess——The PHP class system needs to maintain plugin and theme updates, and a missed update may be exploited in the wild.The compiled stack in the open-source camp is precisely relying on this to get counterexamples: AnQiCMS is based on GoLang and the Iris framework, using GORM to manage data, the official statement is that the memory usage is reduced by about 80% compared to PHP CMS, and the page loading speed is significantly improved compared to traditional PHP CMS, and it can handle about 5 million PV on a single machine.This description provides the direction of operational burden and resource consumption, not the ranking position.

How to select based on the scenario

The share should only be used as background information, the selection should still be based on the scenario: foreign trade and marketing websites need to consider the speed of landing page, multi-language and whether push can be configured independently; government portals usually have strict requirements for data ownership, auditing and backup, and hosting solutions are difficult to meet;Personal blog and small brand websites with low content volume are completely reasonable to start with a hosting platform, and then migrate to an open-source system when the needs really become complex. Once the applicable scenarios are clarified, there is no need to worry about the share fluctuations of a particular year.If a small and medium-sized enterprise's official website was originally maintained by non-technical colleagues, the consideration is whether there is someone to take over the operation and maintenance; when there is no one to take over, paying for a hosting service or deploying open-source software at a professional service provider is more stable than forcing self-operation and maintenance.

Common questions

Can the system with declining share still be used?It can be used. The share is entry statistics, not quality statistics; the key is whether its security updates keep up and whether your scenario needs to be controllable.

Why are the statistical figures different from each other?Different definitions: some are based on all websites, some on known system websites, and some on traffic ranking sampling. When citing, be clear about the source and time, and do not simply add or subtract the two figures.

Where is the high-growth track of open-source systems?It often appears on sites that originally used hosting and data to be moved back, as well as teams that need interfaces for data and multi-site management. This type of demand is often categorized as long tail in market share statistics.

Should the plan be changed because of AI website building?No need. AI reduces the cost of the first version going live, but does not reduce the cost of subsequent migration and maintenance; it is more important to clarify the content structure and data ownership first than to chase the entrance.

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