Wordpress ahead of Joomla! - Year 2010

According to the 2010 Open Source CMS Market Share Report,  WordPress is more popular CMS than Joomla.  WordPress has taken a lead in several key metrics, including:

• search interest
• daily website traffic
• daily unique visitors
• daily page views
• downloads 

Of that group of factors, search interest is probably the least persuasive, given the co-existence of the WordPress hosted blogging service. Nonetheless, what is interesting is the trend: is that WordPress passed Joomla! in query volume in June of 2009 and the gap has continued to widen since that time. and the trend continued in 2010, with WordPress extending the lead over both Joomla! and Drupal.

The statistics on project site popularity need to be read in conjunction with other key numbers in this Report.

• Downloads: WordPress leads Joomla! by a rate of 8:1
• Downloads (Trend): The  WordPress average weekly download rate more than doubled since last year, while Joomla!’s average rate appears to have decreased.
• Third Party Support: WordPress growth outpaces Joomla! in both the developers & publishers metrics.
• Brand Sentiment: WordPress leads the entire survey group by a significant margin.

When we add all this up, we reach the conclusion that for 2010, WordPress has moved into market leader role in the Open Source CMS space. We conclude that the system leads in key metrics for both rate of adoption and brand strength.

Source : "2010 Open Source CMS Market Share Report, water&stone (2010)."