Social Icons for Wordpress vs Facebook
A side by side look at reach, regional footprint and where each widgets technology actually wins, built from live detections across millions of websites.
The short version. Facebook has roughly 2093x more sites overall (8K vs 16.8M). But the split flips by market: Social Icons for Wordpress over-indexes in Ireland, Serbia and Russian Federation, while Facebook runs the majority in Korea, Viet Nam and Taiwan. Which one fits depends far more on your market than on raw totals.
Head to head
Where each technology comes out ahead, by dimension
Who leads each market
Share of the two technologies per country. The marker is Social Icons for Wordpress's 0% global share, so bars past it lean Social Icons for Wordpress.
Where to build
Building an app, theme or agency around one technology? This is where its sites actually concentrate.
Build for Social Icons for Wordpress
Build for Facebook
United States is the most one-sided market in this comparison: 1.4M Facebook sites to 685 on Social Icons for Wordpress, a 100% split. For a new project there, the ecosystem, plugins and talent all point one way.
Which should you choose
A quick read based on reach and regional traction
Choose Social Icons for Wordpress if
- ✓You sell into Ireland, Serbia and Russian Federation, where it has real traction.
- ✓You value where it concentrates its footprint over sheer volume.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the Social Icons for Wordpress stack.
Choose Facebook if
- ✓You operate in Korea, Viet Nam and Taiwan, its heartland.
- ✓You want the larger install base (16.8M sites) and a bigger ecosystem.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the Facebook stack.
Export the websites behind either technology
Get the sites using Social Icons for Wordpress or Facebook with emails, socials and country filters.