STATE OF THE WEB
QUARTER 1
2015
TECH TRENDS
Popular Technology
Social Links
What existing technologies are being used across the
web? What percentage of websites use them?
Of websites with social links, which networks are the
most popular? What percentage of websites use them?
jQuery 82%
Google Analytics 65.2 %
Google Plus
30%
Facebook
90%
JavaScript Frameworks
Of websites using an emerging JavaScript tool, which
ones are the most popular?
LinkedIn
27.9%
AngularJS 80.4%
Twitter
72.7%
Backbone.js 19.5%
Other 0.1% (React, Ember, Node.js)
CONTENT TRENDS
Page Load Times In Seconds
Number of pages
1,200
1.7 SEC
900
MEDIAN PAGE LOAD TIME
600
300
0
4.5
1.5
7.5
10.5
13.5
16.5
19.5
22.5
25.5
28.5
Page load time (seconds)
Mobile Optimization
Size and Security
According to Google Webmaster tools, what
percentage of websites today are “Mobile Ready?”
How large are websites and databases today? How
secure are they?
217.89 MB
MEDIAN SIZE OF WEBSITES
51%
49%
Not Mobile
Optimized
Mobile
Optimized
3.88 MB
MEDIAN SIZE OF DATABASES
7.68%
OF WEBSITES REQUIRE HTTPS BY DEFAULT
CMS TRENDS
ExpressionEngine
Adobe Business Catalyst
2.6%
0.5%
Concrete5
Other
2.8%
2.4%
Drupal
5.3%
Joomla
7.2%
What are the
most popular content
management systems
in use today?
WordPress
78.8%
Latest Core Updates
January
Concrete5 (5.7.3.1)
February
WordPress (4.1.1)
Joomla (3.4)
March
Drupal (6.35)
ExpressionEngine (2.9.3)
WORDPRESS TRENDS
Top Active Themes
Top Installed Plugins
1. Avada
1. Askimet
2. Twenty Twelve
3. Twenty Eleven
4. Weaver II Pro
5. Dynamik-Gen
6. Kallyas
7. Divi
8. Elegance
9. Sahifa
10. Salient
2. WordPress SEO
3. Contact Form
4. WordPress Importer
5. Wordfence Security
6. Gravity Forms
7. Google XML Sitemaps
8. WP Super Cache
9. Advanced Custom Fields
10. All In One SEO Pack
9
MEDIAN TOTAL POSTS
20
MEDIAN PAGE COUNT
3
MEDIAN USER COUNT
4
MEDIAN COUNT OF
INSTALLED THEMES
8
MEDIAN COMMENT COUNT
15
MEDIAN COUNT OF
INSTALLED PLUGINS