Top CMS in the top 100 blog sites
CMS Wire recent took a look at Technorati's Top 100 blog sites and determined which CMS the sites were using most. They concluded, not surprisingly, that Wordpress was the most popular CMS with 34% of the top sites using the blogging application.
Simply put, we found that WordPress dominates the list, that Movable Type comes in with a respectable second [16%], and the rest are either custom jobbies or a smattering of other platforms which are, relatively speaking, eating dust.
Probably more interesting, is that full-fledged CMS barely made a dent in the top 100 list.
Wider scope Web CMS technologies are not used much by the top blogs. Drupal scores 5 sites, with Plone used by 1. Other popular Web CMS platforms are conspicuous only by their absence.
CMS Wire isn't saying that CMS are not good for blogging. I think what CMS Wire is observing is that when users want to only blog...they prefer to keep it simple. Why use a CMS with more features than they possibly can use when something like Wordpress or Movable Type can do the job? At least that is what I get from the article.
About this CMS Enthusiast
Bryan Ruby is the owner and editor for CMS Report. He founded CMSReport.com in 2006 on the belief that information technologists, website owners, and web developers desired visiting sites where they could learn about content management systems without the sales pitch. Outside of his late night blogging hours, he is the Information Technology Officer for a field office in the federal government.
