vBulletin
vBulletin is a commercial forum software platform written in 
PHP that uses a MySQL or MariaDB database.
It includes built-in support for forums, groups, polls, and blogs, offers a customizable template-based interface, an AJAX-powered chat, an admin control panel with a granular user-group permissions system, and SEO optimization tools.
According to our data, vBulletin is the 5th most popular Internet forum software on the web.
It has 8.4% of the Internet forum software market share and is detected on 0.04% of all websites.
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Wikipedia💸 Pricing
vBulletin is a commercial product priced starting at $179 with a free 7-day trial.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Internet Forum Software
- Rank: 5
- Market share: 8.4%
🏆 vBulletin Awards
- 🥈 Second most popular in Turkey in the Internet Forum Software category.
- 🥈 Second most popular in Australia in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the United States in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Russia in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in the Netherlands in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 4th most popular in Italy in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Germany in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in France in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Poland in the Internet Forum Software category.
- ⭐ 5th most popular in Canada in the Internet Forum Software category.
⚡ Sites Powered by vBulletin
We have data on 1,306 websites that use the vBulletin Internet forum software. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using vBulletin is forocoches.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | #4,613 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 2 | #10,134 | Netherlands | English | |
| 3 | #17,684 | Sweden | English | |
| 4 | #17,961 | English | ||
| 5 | #18,703 | English | ||
| 6 | #23,824 | United States | English | |
| 7 | #24,653 | English | ||
| 8 | #24,819 | Croatia | Croatian | |
| 9 | #26,666 | English | ||
| 10 | #28,263 | American English | ||
| 11 | #29,533 | English | ||
| 12 | #30,624 | American English | ||
| 13 | #31,875 | Belize | English | |
| 14 | #39,871 | Switzerland | English | |
| 15 | #41,304 | Belize | English | |
| 16 | #42,825 | United States | English | |
| 17 | #44,217 | Spain | Spanish | |
| 18 | #46,696 | Spain | European Spanish | |
| 19 | #47,219 | Germany | German | |
| 20 | #51,777 | English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use vBulletin:
- are located in the United States
- have content in English
- use the .com domain extension
- fall into the Forum/Bulletin Boards category.
Most of the sites using vBulletin are from the United States, Russia, and Germany.
- United States 25%
- Russia 12.5%
- Germany 11.7%
- United Kingdom 5.1%
- Netherlands 4.6%
- France 3.6%
- Poland 3.3%
- Turkey 2.8%
- Australia 2.4%
- Other 29%
Most vBulletin users speak English, Russian, or German.
- English 52.5%
- Russian 11.6%
- German 7.4%
- Arabic 6.6%
- Spanish 3.8%
- Turkish 2.8%
- Polish 2.2%
- Italian 1.8%
- Vietnamese 1.8%
- Other 9.5%
The vBulletin Internet forum software is especially popular on .com, .net, and .org top-level domains.
- .com 48.9%
- .net 12.8%
- .org 7.4%
- .ru 6.4%
- .de 4.7%
- .pl 1.5%
- .co.uk 1.1%
- .info 1%
- .nl 0.8%
- Other 15.4%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing vBulletin include forum, bulletin boards, technical, business forums, and entertainment.
- Forum/Bulletin Boards 50.5%
- Technical/Business Forums 6%
- Entertainment 5.1%
- Recreation/Hobbies 4.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 4.3%
- Games 4.1%
- Motor Vehicles 2.7%
- Software/Hardware 2.3%
- Business 2.1%
- Other 18.2%
🔢 vBulletin Versions
The most widespread version of vBulletin is 4.2, used by 41.6% of sites where versions were detected. In addition, 25.4% of sites use vBulletin 3.8, and 8.2% use vBulletin 5.7.
- 4.2 41.6%
- 3.8 25.4%
- 5.7 8.2%
- 3.9 5.8%
- 5.6 4.8%
- 4.1 4.2%
- 6.1 2.5%
- 3.6 2.3%
- 6.0 1.7%
- Other 3.5%
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What is the company behind vBulletin?
vBulletin is owned by MH Sub I, LLC, headquartered in El Segundo, California, United States.
Does vBulletin offer a free plan?
No, vBulletin is a paid solution.
How much does it cost?
vBulletin is priced from $179 for the vBulletin 6 plan.
Is there a free trial available?
Yes, it provides a free trial for 7 days, so you can test it before committing.
Which country uses vBulletin the most?
The majority of vBulletin users are from the United States.
Who uses vBulletin?
According to our data, vBulletin is used on over a thousand sites, including such established ones as forocoches.com,
videohelp.com, and
spacetimestudios.com.
How does vBulletin compare to its competitors?
vBulletin is a fairly popular Internet forum software, ranking ahead of 15 other Internet forum software we track.
What are the alternatives to vBulletin?
Alternatives and possible competitors to vBulletin may include XenForo, Invision Community, and Vanilla.
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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 3,361,290 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.