Message Boards

Parent Category: CMS

Internet forum software provides users functionality to create, manage, and administrate internet message boards. Most forum software provides options to customize look and feel.


We have discovered 206,184 live websites that use Message Boards.

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Message Boards usage statistics

Total sites that use Message Boards206,184 websites
Percentage of website that use category0.36%
Number of technologies in Message Boards category51
Category leader Discord
Fastest Growing Technology Mastodon
Most Popular in Country United States

Alternative Names

  • Internet Forums
  • Message Boards
  • Bulletin Boards

Subcategories



    Website Distribution by Country

    Number of websites using Message Boards
    United States87,218 websites


    Germany22,076 websites
    France21,209 websites
    Russia9,472 websites
    GB6,017 websites
    China5,451 websites
    Netherlands3,715 websites
    Poland3,573 websites
    Italy3,076 websites
    Singapore2,866 websites

    Website Distribution by TLD

    Number of websites using Message Boards
    .com92,638 websites
    .org16,356 websites
    .net15,368 websites
    .de11,241 websites
    .ru7,832 websites
    .fr4,458 websites
    .co.uk2,934 websites
    .it2,873 websites
    .pl2,797 websites
    .nl2,771 websites

    Top Technologies

    Leading technologies in the Message Boards category (out of 51 total).
    TechnologyWebsitesMarket ShareRecent changes
    Discord64,996 31.52% +1,537
    bbPress30,211 14.65% -582
    phpBB30,152 14.62% -154
    BuddyPress15,039 7.29% +1,139
    Altervista10,804 5.24% +76
    Discuz! X10,566 5.12% -180
    XenForo7,402 3.59% +13
    vBulletin5,763 2.80% +488
    SMF5,670 2.75% -75
    Discourse5,444 2.64% +93
    IPB5,387 2.61% -41
    Asgaros Forum3,786 1.84% -100
    Mastodon3,327 1.61% +1,655
    MyBB2,757 1.34% -43
    TISTORY2,196 1.07% -28
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    Top technology switches

    Number of websites that recently switched technologies within category

    FromToWebsite Count
    vBulletin XenForo11
    bbPress BuddyPress5
    phpBB MyBB3
    phpBB Discord2
    bbPress Asgaros Forum2
    Discord phpBB2

    Websites utilizing Message Boards

    Top websites that use Message Boards
    DomainCountryRankContacts
    wordpress.org United States4
    cdn.shopify.com United States125
    de.wordpress.org United States287
    discord.com United States357
    elegantthemes.com United States412
    ja.wordpress.org United States486
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