HTTPArchive has released new rankings for the best-performing content management systems (CMS). We review six popular CMS and see that the top-performing CMS significantly outpaces its competitors.
We continue to examine data from the United States, similar to before.
Globally, the data varies slightly from the U.S. data, but not enough to alter the ranking positions of any of the CMS under review.
How Core Web Vitals CMS Rankings are Determined
HTTPArchive uses two datasets to generate the core web vitals rankings of all content management systems.
The datasets are:
- CRuX dataset: This comes from real website visits by people who have opted to anonymously allow Core Web Vitals data to be collected.
- Lab dataset: This is collected from a crawler that gathers data from millions of websites, simulating mobile device and connectivity conditions to generate ranking scores.
These datasets determine the core web vitals scores for all CMS and are published for review.
1 Core Web Vitals Champion: Duda
Duda is a Professional Website Builder platform designed to get businesses online quickly without worrying about the underlying technology.
The platform’s goal is to allow customers to focus on their business while Duda handles the technical aspects, a philosophy shared by companies like Wix and Squarespace. Among these platforms, Duda leads the pack.
This trend has continued with the latest performance data from February 2022. The percentage of websites built with Duda that had good core web vitals performance was an impressive 77.3%.
Back in October 2021, the percentage of well-performing websites was 69.3%. Duda’s performance benchmark improved by 8%.
Comparison of SaaS Website Builders CWV Scores:
- Duda: 77.3%
- Wix: 54.0%
- Squarespace: 42.8%
Duda is not just leading; it is outpacing competitors by wide margins. Wix, trailing in second place, is over 23 percentage points behind Duda.
Duda has emphasized that website performance is a crucial goal. They use a data-driven approach to identify areas for improvement and subsequently roll out updates to customer websites to enhance performance.
2 Core Web Vitals Champion: Drupal
Drupal, the open-source CMS, takes the second spot, overtaking Wix. Previously, 50.2% of Drupal sites had a good core web vitals score. This year, that figure rose to 58.2%, with Wix trailing at 54.0%.
3 Core Web Vitals Champion: Wix
Wix slipped from position #2 to #3. In the previous survey, 55.3% of sites built with Wix had passing core web vitals scores. This year, that number dropped to 54.0%.
4 Core Web Vitals Champion: Squarespace
Squarespace showed a significant improvement. Previously, 31.45% of its sites had a passing CWV score. This year, that number jumped to 42.84%.
5 Core Web Vitals Champion: WordPress
WordPress retains its #5 spot. Its performance improved from 31% to 37.4%, a notable improvement that reflects the efforts of the WordPress performance team. This team has been working on enhancing the speed and performance of WordPress.
The team recently released an experimental performance plugin to test improvements before integrating them into the core WordPress framework. Future WordPress versions may see more enhancements.
6 Core Web Vitals Champion: Joomla
Joomla did not make it into the previous rankings. However, this time around, it scored 35%, just behind WordPress.
Top Ranked CMS by Core Web Vitals
- Duda: 77.3%
- Drupal: 58.2%
- Wix: 54.0%
- Squarespace: 42.84%
- WordPress: 37.4%
- Joomla: 35.0%
Duda remains the number one CMS by Core Web Vitals performance, continuing to focus on improvement and making significant gains.
Core Web Vitals Technology Report
Duda’s score of 77.3% is more than twice that of fifth-place WordPress, currently the most popular CMS globally. For businesses where web performance is crucial, other CMS options beyond WordPress are available. However, the WordPress performance team is actively working to catch up.
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Check Out the HTTPArchive Performance Rankings: Go to the Technology Comparison tab for the latest rankings.
Read the Previous Technology Report Findings: Find out the core web vitals performance of WordPress, Drupal, Duda, and Wix.
