Disqus
Disqus, Inc., New York, United StatesDisqus is a networked community platform that provides embedded commenting systems for websites to host discussions and user feedback under articles and pages.
It offers centralized moderation tools, threaded comments, reactions and upvoting, spam and abuse filtering, single sign-on and social login, and analytics for engagement tracking.
According to our data, Disqus is the most popular commenting system on the web.
It has 72.6% of the commenting system market share and is present on 0.2% of all websites.
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Disqus is available in both free and paid versions.
(100K+ pageviews)$12+/month
(1M+ pageviews)$115+/month
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Commenting Systems
- Rank: 1
- Market share: 72.6%
🏆 Disqus Awards
- 🥇 Most popular in the United States in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the United Kingdom in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Brazil in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in the Netherlands in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Poland in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in France in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in India in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Germany in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Spain in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥇 Most popular in Indonesia in the Commenting Systems category.
⚡ Sites Using Disqus
We have data on 6,599 websites that use the Disqus commenting system. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Disqus is swagbucks.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #319 | United States | English | |
| 2 | #469 | Spain | American English | |
| 3 | #865 | American English | ||
| 4 | #971 | American English | ||
| 5 | #972 | American English | ||
| 6 | #1,640 | Spanish | ||
| 7 | United States | American English | ||
| 8 | #2,828 | American English | ||
| 9 | #2,889 | English | ||
| 10 | #3,171 | Slovakia | Slovak | |
| 11 | #4,995 | United Kingdom | English | |
| 12 | #5,251 | American English | ||
| 13 | #5,749 | Slovakia | Slovak | |
| 14 | #6,005 | American English | ||
| 15 | #6,992 | American English | ||
| 16 | #8,601 | American English | ||
| 17 | #8,958 | English | ||
| 18 | #9,195 | Greece | Greek | |
| 19 | #9,276 | India | English | |
| 20 | #9,488 | Jamaica | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Disqus:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.
Most of the sites using Disqus are from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Brazil.
- United States 20.5%
- United Kingdom 8%
- Brazil 6%
- Netherlands 4.1%
- Poland 4%
- France 3.7%
- India 3.5%
- Germany 3.5%
- Spain 2.9%
- Other 43.8%
Most Disqus users speak English, Portuguese, or Spanish.
- English 55.9%
- Portuguese 5%
- Spanish 4.7%
- French 3.3%
- Polish 3%
- Dutch 2.6%
- Russian 2.5%
- German 2.4%
- Vietnamese 2.2%
- Other 18.4%
The Disqus commenting system is especially popular on .com top-level domains.
- .com 51.4%
- .net 3.7%
- .org 3.6%
- .com.br 3.5%
- .co.uk 2.4%
- .pl 2.4%
- .nl 2.2%
- .de 1.4%
- .it 1.3%
- Other 28.1%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Disqus include blogs and wiki, online shopping, and business.
- Blogs/Wiki 14.6%
- Online Shopping 12.3%
- Business 10.4%
- Marketing/Merchandising 8.6%
- General News 5.6%
- Entertainment 4.6%
- Internet Services 4.3%
- Education/Reference 3.5%
- Sports 3.5%
- Other 32.6%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind Disqus?
Disqus is owned by Disqus, Inc., headquartered in New York, United States.
Can I use Disqus for free?
Yes, there is a free version with limited functionality.
How much does it cost per month?
Disqus is priced from $12 per month for the Plus plan.
Is there a free trial available?
Yes, Disqus provides a 30-day free trial that allows users to test its full functionality at no cost.
Which country uses Disqus the most?
The majority of Disqus users are from the United States.
Who uses Disqus?
According to our data, Disqus is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as swagbucks.com,
as.com, and
animeflv.net.
Is Disqus used on government websites?
Overall, we found Disqus on 2 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Disqus?
Yes. In total, we know of 6 academic websites in the United States that use Disqus.
How does Disqus compare to the competition?
Disqus is the most popular commenting system on the market, surpassing all others.
What are the alternatives to Disqus?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Disqus may include 
Facebook Comments, 
wpDiscuz, and 
Coral.
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🗃️ About This Data
- We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
- Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
- This report is based on the analysis of 3,359,906 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.