👨👩👧👦 Forum
A forum section is a website area that enables users to create discussions, post messages, and participate in topic-based conversations with other users.
It typically organizes content into categories and threads, include notifications, search, and reputation systems, and is usually powered by forum software such as XenForo or vBulletin.
According to our data, Forum ranks 21th among the standard pages we track.
It has 1.7% of the standard page market share and is detected on 1% of all websites.
📊 Rankings and Market Share
- Standard Pages
- Rank: 21
- Market share: 1.7%
🏆 Forum Awards
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Poland in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 8th most popular in Turkey in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Latvia in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 9th most popular in Uzbekistan in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in France in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Russia in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Vietnam in the Standard Pages category.
- ⭐ 10th most popular in Serbia in the Standard Pages category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in the Czech Republic in the Standard Pages category.
- 🔥 11st most popular in Romania in the Standard Pages category.
⚡ Sites Using Forum
We have data on 35,870 websites that use the Forum standard page. Here is a list of some of the top ranked ones.
The highest rated site using Forum is 
wordpress.com.
| # | Website | Rank | Country | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wordpress.com |
#83 | United States | English |
| 2 |  etsy.com |
#93 | United States | American English |
| 3 | #99 | Netherlands | English | |
| 4 |  tripadvisor.com |
#156 | United Kingdom | American English |
| 5 |  jotform.com |
#173 | United States | English |
| 6 | #177 | American English | ||
| 7 | #188 | American English | ||
| 8 |  huggingface.co |
#265 | English | |
| 9 | #310 | United States | English | |
| 10 |  gitlab.com |
#326 | United States | American English |
| 11 | #358 | United States | English | |
| 12 | #389 | English | ||
| 13 | python.org | #429 | English | |
| 14 | #434 | India | English | |
| 15 | #460 | English | ||
| 16 | #471 | Netherlands | English | |
| 17 | #490 | France | American English | |
| 18 | #549 | France | English | |
| 19 | #572 | Germany | German | |
| 20 | #642 | American English |
📈 Usage Statistics
Most of the sites that use Forum:
- 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 Forum are from the United States, Germany, and France.
- United States 20.1%
- Germany 13.6%
- France 8.6%
- United Kingdom 7.7%
- Russia 6.3%
- Poland 4.1%
- Netherlands 4%
- Italy 3.5%
- Canada 2.3%
- Other 29.8%
Most Forum users speak English, German, or French.
- English 64%
- German 7.5%
- French 6.6%
- Russian 5.6%
- Polish 2.8%
- Italian 2.2%
- Dutch 1.4%
- Turkish 1.1%
- Romanian 0.6%
- Other 8.2%
The Forum standard page is especially popular on .com, .org, and .net top-level domains.
- .com 43.9%
- .org 9%
- .net 7%
- .de 6.7%
- .ru 3.8%
- .pl 2.3%
- .fr 1.9%
- .it 1.8%
- .co.uk 1.8%
- Other 21.8%
The primary market segments for websites utilizing Forum include forum, bulletin boards, software and hardware, and games.
- Forum/Bulletin Boards 10.4%
- Software/Hardware 7.7%
- Games 7.7%
- Business 7.7%
- Blogs/Wiki 7.6%
- Entertainment 5.7%
- Marketing/Merchandising 5.7%
- Internet Services 5%
- Education/Reference 3.9%
- Other 38.6%
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Site Map Page💬 Frequently Asked Questions
Which country uses Forum the most?
The majority of Forum users are from the United States.
Who uses Forum?
According to our data, Forum is used on thousands of sites, including such established ones as wordpress.com, etsy.com, and tripadvisor.com.
Is Forum used on government websites?
Overall, we found Forum on 5 government sites in the United States.
Do academic institutions use Forum?
Yes. In total, we know of 9 academic websites in the United States that use Forum.
How does Forum compare to its competitors?
Forum is a moderately popular standard page, ranking ahead of 11 other standard pages we track.
What are the alternatives to Forum?
Alternatives and possible competitors to Forum may include ☕ Donate Page, 👨👩👧👦 Community, and 📩 Contact Page.
👉 See Also
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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 3,523,511 websites.
- Statistics were last calculated on .
- For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.