WordPress Carousel 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 1263x more sites overall (13.3K vs 16.8M). But the split flips by market: WordPress Carousel over-indexes in United Arab Emirates, India and Malaysia, while Facebook runs the majority in Taiwan, Japan and Korea. 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 WordPress Carousel's 0% global share, so bars past it lean WordPress Carousel.
Where to build
Building an app, theme or agency around one technology? This is where its sites actually concentrate.
Build for WordPress Carousel
Build for Facebook
United States is the most one-sided market in this comparison: 1.4M Facebook sites to 1.2K on WordPress Carousel, 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 WordPress Carousel if
- ✓You sell into United Arab Emirates, India and Malaysia, where it has real traction.
- ✓You value where it concentrates its footprint over sheer volume.
- ✓Your team is already invested in the WordPress Carousel stack.
Choose Facebook if
- ✓You operate in Taiwan, Japan and Korea, 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 WordPress Carousel or Facebook with emails, socials and country filters.