Technology comparison

WP PostRatings vs Yoast SEO

A side by side look at reach, regional footprint and where each wordpress plugins technology actually wins, built from live detections across millions of websites.

VS
WP PostRatings
WP PostRatings
Widgets
23.1K
websites tracked
Top market
Russian Federation
Over-indexes in
9 markets
Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO
SEO
5.1M
websites tracked
Top market
United States
Over-indexes in
41 markets
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The short version. Yoast SEO has roughly 222x more sites overall (23.1K vs 5.1M). But the split flips by market: WP PostRatings over-indexes in Russian Federation, Ukraine and Iran, while Yoast SEO runs the majority in Norway, Australia and United Kingdom. Which one fits depends far more on your market than on raw totals.

Head to head

Where each technology comes out ahead, by dimension

Metric
WP PostRatings
Yoast SEO
Websites tracked
23,073
5,117,218Leads
Category
Widgets
SEO
Markets it over-indexes
9
41
Strongest single market
Russian Federation (6.5K)
United States (465.4K)

Who leads each market

Share of the two technologies per country. The marker is WP PostRatings's 0% global share, so bars past it lean WP PostRatings.

WP PostRatingsYoast SEO
🇷🇺Russian Federation
81.6K
🇪🇸Spain
126.2K
🇩🇪Germany
348.8K
🇵🇱Poland
108.3K
🇧🇷Brazil
56.2K
🇮🇹Italy
212.1K
🇫🇷France
248.4K
🇨🇦Canada
103.6K
🇨🇭Switzerland
50.7K
🇳🇱Netherlands
220.7K
🇺🇸United States
465.4K
🇧🇪Belgium
53.1K
🇬🇧United Kingdom
216.8K
🇦🇺Australia
113.2K
Country reflects each site's detected country signal (primary country or ccTLD).

Where to build

Building an app, theme or agency around one technology? This is where its sites actually concentrate.

WP PostRatings

Build for WP PostRatings

Markets where WP PostRatings punches above its global share
🇷🇺Russian Federation7%6.5K sites
🇺🇦Ukraine3%276 sites
🇮🇷Iran1%181 sites
🇯🇵Japan1%249 sites
🇫🇮Finland1%152 sites
🇷🇴Romania0%117 sites
🇱🇹Lithuania0%58 sites
Yoast SEO

Build for Yoast SEO

Markets where Yoast SEO is overwhelmingly the default
🇳🇴Norway100%20.8K sites
🇦🇺Australia100%113.2K sites
🇬🇧United Kingdom100%216.8K sites
🇮🇪Ireland100%20.5K sites
🇧🇪Belgium100%53.1K sites
🇺🇸United States100%465.4K sites
🇳🇱Netherlands100%220.7K sites
Opportunity signal

United States is the most one-sided market in this comparison: 465.4K Yoast SEO sites to 345 on WP PostRatings, 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

WP PostRatingsChoose WP PostRatings if

  • You sell into Russian Federation, Ukraine and Iran, where it has real traction.
  • You value where it concentrates its footprint over sheer volume.
  • Your team is already invested in the WP PostRatings stack.

Yoast SEOChoose Yoast SEO if

  • You operate in Norway, Australia and United Kingdom, its heartland.
  • You want the larger install base (5.1M sites) and a bigger ecosystem.
  • Your team is already invested in the Yoast SEO stack.

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