⚡ Internet Forum Software in Australia

Internet forums, also known as message boards or bulletin boards, are online discussion platforms that allow users to start discussions, post replies, and interact in an organized, threaded format.

Australia is an Oceanian country with a population of over 27 million people.

According to our statistics, Internet forum software is used on 0.3% of websites from Australia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top Internet forum software in Australia in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is bbPress with an impressive share of 48.9%, followed by vBulletin with 10.3% and phpBB with 9%.

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top solutions that is more popular in Australia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

✨ Best Internet Forum Software

Below is a more detailed list of 12 Internet forum software solutions used on sites from Australia, ranked by their market share.

RankNameMarket share
1
bbPress
San Francisco, California, United States

A free plugin that adds forum functionality to WordPress websites.

FreeOpen source
2
vBulletin
El Segundo, California, United States

A commercial forum software platform written in PHP that uses a MySQL or MariaDB database.

$179+
3
phpBB
Marlow, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

An open-source forum software written in PHP.

FreeOpen source
4
XenForo
London, United Kingdom

A commercial Internet forum software based on PHP and MySQL.

$195+
5
Invision Community
Richmond, Virginia, United States

A commercial, customizable community software built with PHP and MySQL.

$99+/month
6
Discourse
Dover, Delaware, United States

An open-source community platform built on Ruby on Rails.

FreeOpen source$20+/month
7
Simple Machines Forum
Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Open-source PHP forum software used to host and manage online community discussion boards with a SQL database backend.

FreeOpen source
8
Discuz!
Hefei, China

A Chinese Internet forum software written in PHP.

Free18,800 RMB+
9
Higher Logic Thrive
Arlington, Virginia, United States

A cloud-based community platform for associations.

$10,000+/year
10
Khoros Communities
Austin, Texas, United States

An enterprise-grade community management platform that enables organizations to build, manage, and scale branded online communities.

$100,000+/year
11
MyBB

An open-source, community developed bulletin board software built with PHP.

FreeOpen source
12
WoltLab Suite
Potsdam, Germany

A commercial software package designed for creating and managing online communities.

€129.99+

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