🆚 MyBB vs. PunBB
- 📈 MyBB is much more popular than PunBB.
- 🌎 MyBB is more popular in Germany, Poland, and the United States.
- 🌍 PunBB is more popular in Russia.
Statistics based on 3.3M+ analyzed websites. About this data
Type
Internet forum software
Internet forum software
About
MyBB is an open-source, community developed bulletin board software built with 
PHP.
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP-based open source discussion board.
Pricing
Free ✔️Open source
Free ✔️Open source
Categories
Internet Forum Software › Rank #10
Internet Forum Software › Rank #15
Popularity
Determined by the number of sites using each technology.
The MyBB Internet forum software is 7 times more popular than PunBB.
Total websites
Market share
Internet Forum Software
Popularity by country
Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.
MyBB is more popular in Germany, Poland, and the United States, while PunBB is more popular in Russia.
Germany
Poland
United States
Russia
Turkey
United Kingdom
France
Czech Republic
Iran
Netherlands
Awards
- 🥉 Third most popular in Turkey in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Poland in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Germany in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in the United States in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 7th most popular in Russia in the Internet Forum Software category.
Popularity by domain category
Determined by the number of sites in each category.
MyBB is more popular than PunBB in all market segments.
Forum/Bulletin Boards
Internet Services
Marketing/Merchandising
Entertainment
Motor Vehicles
Business
Sports
Social Networking
Online Shopping
Education/Reference
Top sites
Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.
Compare alternatives
Technologies with similar characteristics.
Simple Machines Forum🗃️ 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 3,361,290 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.