Site sector · 36 sites
What are social media websites built with?
As of 2026-10-02, we read the home pages of 36 social media websites among our popular sample: the most used CMS is WordPress (5.6%), the most used framework is React (22%) and the most used CDN or host is Cloudflare (22%).
Most used technologies
| Technology | Category | Sites | Share | vs all sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Tag Manager | Tag manager | 12 | 33% | 0.8x |
| Nginx | Web server | 11 | 31% | 1.4x |
| Cloudflare | CDN | 8 | 22% | 0.7x |
| Google Analytics | Analytics | 8 | 22% | 1.0x |
| jQuery | JavaScript library | 8 | 22% | 0.8x |
| React | JavaScript framework | 8 | 22% | 1.3x |
| Next.js | JavaScript framework | 7 | 19% | 1.4x |
| Cloudflare Bot Management | Security / bot protection | 4 | 11% | 1.2x |
| Comscore | Analytics | 4 | 11% | 6.7x |
| Apache HTTP Server | Web server | 3 | 8.3% | 0.9x |
| Cloudflare Web Analytics | Analytics | 3 | 8.3% | 0.6x |
| Google Hosted Libraries | CDN | 3 | 8.3% | 1.8x |
| Google Publisher Tag | Advertising | 3 | 8.3% | 1.0x |
| Google Sign-In | Authentication | 3 | 8.3% | 3.4x |
| jQuery UI | JavaScript library | 3 | 8.3% | 1.8x |
| jsDelivr | CDN | 3 | 8.3% | 1.0x |
| Tailwind CSS | UI library | 3 | 8.3% | 0.6x |
| Bootstrap | UI library | 2 | 5.6% | 0.6x |
| jQuery Migrate | JavaScript library | 2 | 5.6% | 0.8x |
| OneTrust | Cookie consent | 2 | 5.6% | 0.7x |
| PHP | Programming language | 2 | 5.6% | 0.2x |
| WordPress | CMS | 2 | 5.6% | 0.4x |
| Yandex Metrica | Analytics | 2 | 5.6% | 1.6x |
| Akamai mPulse | Monitoring | 1 | 2.8% | 1.0x |
| AngularJS | JavaScript framework | 1 | 2.8% | 4.5x |
"vs all sites" compares the share here with the share among all 7,859 sites: 2.0x means twice as common.
Most popular social media websites
- linkedin.com #11
- pinterest.com #25
- t.me #44
- snapchat.com #55
- vk.com #59
- discord.gg #61
- tumblr.com #66
- vk.ru #74
- telegram.org #103
- ok.ru #131
- line.me #180
- gotinder.com #229
- deviantart.com #253
- viber.com #312
- wattpad.com #352
- patreon.com #353
- ameblo.jp #358
- livejournal.com #383
- myspace.com #398
- note.com #426
- change.org #434
- archiveofourown.org #489
- gofundme.com #513
- dcinside.com #557
- douyin.com #580
- livedoor.com #589
- ruliweb.com #617
- arca.live #619
- syosetu.com #671
- ficbook.net #672
- ptt.cc #718
- ninisite.com #721
- dogdrip.net #730
- badoo.com #821
- meetup.com #994
- nextdoor.com #1,431
The number is the position in our popularity-ordered sample (1 = most popular).
FAQ
- What are social media websites built with?
- As of 2026-10-02, we read the home pages of 36 social media websites among our popular sample: the most used CMS is WordPress (5.6%), the most used framework is React (22%) and the most used CDN or host is Cloudflare (22%).
- Which technologies are most common on social media websites?
- Google Tag Manager (33%), Nginx (31%), Cloudflare (22%), Google Analytics (22%), jQuery (22%) and React (22%) (share of the 36 sites analysed on 2026-10-02).