IntenseDebate
Automattic, San Francisco, California, United StatesIntenseDebate is a cloud-based commenting system for blogs and websites such as 
WordPress, Tumblr, Blogger, and custom sites that enhances native comment sections with discussion features.
It offers threaded replies, email notifications and reply-by-email functionality, commenter profiles with reputation points and voting, moderation and blacklist controls, 
RSS subscription support, and widgets for recent and popular comments.
According to our data, IntenseDebate is the 4th most popular commenting system on the web.
It has 3% of the commenting system market share and is detected on 0.008% of all websites.
- 🏠 Website
- 🔌 Add-Ons
💸 Pricing
IntenseDebate is available for free.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Commenting Systems
- Rank: 4
- Market share: 3%
🏆 IntenseDebate Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Vietnam in the Commenting Systems category.
- 🥉 Third most popular in the United States in the Commenting Systems category.
⚡ Sites Using IntenseDebate
We have data on 289 websites that use the IntenseDebate commenting system. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using IntenseDebate is thehill.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #1,011 | American English | ||
| 2 | #15,303 | English | ||
| 3 | #41,603 | English | ||
| 4 | intensedebate.com |
#57,924 | United States | English |
| 5 | #65,810 | English | ||
| 6 | #78,142 | English | ||
| 7 | #83,453 | English | ||
| 8 | #93,733 | Malaysia | English | |
| 9 | #95,217 | English | ||
| 10 | #124,753 | Vietnam | American English | |
| 11 | #131,582 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #147,522 | Italy | Italian | |
| 13 | #168,208 | Turkey | English | |
| 14 | #183,643 | United States | English | |
| 15 | #198,288 | Sri Lanka | American English | |
| 16 | #199,834 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #205,426 | United Kingdom | American English | |
| 18 | #218,190 | English | ||
| 19 | #241,960 | United States | American English | |
| 20 | #243,407 | United Kingdom | British English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use IntenseDebate:
- are located in Vietnam
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Blogs/Wiki category.
Most of the sites using IntenseDebate are from Vietnam, the United States, and Russia.
- Vietnam 44.3%
- United States 22.4%
- Russia 6.1%
- United Kingdom 2.8%
- Australia 2.4%
- Turkey 2.4%
- Malaysia 2%
- Brazil 1.6%
- Germany 1.6%
- Other 14.4%
Most IntenseDebate users speak English, Vietnamese, or Russian.
- English 43.9%
- Vietnamese 40.5%
- Russian 6.9%
- Portuguese 1.7%
- Turkish 1.7%
- German 0.7%
- Spanish 0.7%
- French 0.7%
- Malay 0.7%
- Other 2.5%
The IntenseDebate commenting system is especially popular on .com, .vn, and .net top-level domains.
- .com 49.1%
- .vn 7.3%
- .net 6.6%
- .org 5.5%
- .ru 4.5%
- .io 3.5%
- .co.uk 2.4%
- .com.vn 2.4%
- .info 1.4%
- Other 17.3%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing IntenseDebate include blogs and wiki, Internet services, and business.
- Blogs/Wiki 14.3%
- Internet Services 10.2%
- Business 8.2%
- Technical/Business Forums 8.2%
- Marketing/Merchandising 6.1%
- Education/Reference 6.1%
- Software/Hardware 6.1%
- Online Shopping 4.1%
- Entertainment 4.1%
- Other 32.6%
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💬 Frequently Asked Questions
What is the company behind IntenseDebate?
IntenseDebate is owned by Automattic Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Can I use IntenseDebate for free?
Yes, it is a free commenting system.
Which country uses IntenseDebate the most?
The majority of IntenseDebate users are from Vietnam.
Who uses IntenseDebate?
According to our data, IntenseDebate is used on hundreds of sites, including such established ones as thehill.com,
cyberhaven.com, and
savetik.net.
How does IntenseDebate compare to the competition?
IntenseDebate is one of the most popular commenting systems, second only to 
Disqus, 
Facebook Comments, and 
wpDiscuz.
What are the alternatives to IntenseDebate?
Alternatives and possible competitors to IntenseDebate may include wpDiscuz, Disqus, and Facebook Comments.
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Tumblr🗃️ 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 3,655,631 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.