Akismet

Category - Anti SPAM, Wordpress Plugins

Akismet provides a powerful spam detection within your own applications


We have discovered  1,110,010 live websites   are using Akismet.

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Technology usage statistics

Websites using Akismet:1,110,010 websites
Most popular in: United States
Market position in Anti SPAM category:#1
Market share in Anti SPAM:87.26%
Most popular version:3

Security vulnerabilites

Known security issues associated with Akismet
PublishedCVETitleDomains
Aug, 2019CVE-2015-9357The akismet plugin before 3.1.5 for WordPress has XSS.15,471

Technology adoption

Recent changes in Akismet usage.
Websites that added Akismet 44,944
Websites that dropped Akismet 39,014
Websites that changed version of Akismet  4,514

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Technology Information


Major Versions

  • 4.xx (20 subversions, 43,078 domains)
  • 3.xx (21 subversions, 22,975 domains)

Website Distribution by Country

Number of websites using Akismet
United States562,609 websites


France60,800 websites
Japan57,001 websites
Germany54,311 websites
GB42,781 websites
Netherlands32,904 websites
Italy24,427 websites
Russia23,206 websites
Spain22,651 websites
Canada20,686 websites

Website Distribution by TLD

Number of websites using Akismet
.com627,027 websites
.org70,402 websites
.net41,050 websites
.nl30,051 websites
.fr26,030 websites
.co.uk23,708 websites
.de21,128 websites
.ru19,795 websites
.it16,754 websites
.com.au13,029 websites

Akismet Versions

sorted by popularity
310,261 websites
4.1.25,482 websites
4.1.35,370 websites
4.1.94,495 websites
4.1.63,857 websites
4.0.83,747 websites
4.1.13,475 websites
4.1.72,699 websites
4.0.32,586 websites
3.1.52,395 websites

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Top Websites Using Akismet

A look at the most popular websites built with Akismet
DomainCountryRankContacts
automattic.com United States202
matomo.org United States242
elegantthemes.com United States412
akismet.com United States444
vpser.net Canada453
blog.licess.com Singapore468
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Alternative Technologies


CleanTalk: Total 117,829 domains found using CleanTalk
Anti-spam for WordPress: Total 26,529 domains found using Anti-spam for WordPress
WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam: Total 14,100 domains found using WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam
SpamHero: Total 2,635 domains found using SpamHero
Human Presence: Total 938 domains found using Human Presence

FAQ

Akismet falls under the categories of Anti SPAM, and Wordpress Plugins.
WebTechSurvey systematically indexes websites and their technologies. Users can find websites using Akismet through the WebTechSurvey platform.
There are currently 60,036,733 live websites that use Akismet.
The main competitors to Akismet include CleanTalk, Anti-spam for WordPress, WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam, and SpamHero.
Akismet has a known security vulnerability: CVE-2015-9357.