🏗️ Architectural Benchmark — Framework Battle

Joomla vs WordPress

Aggregate AI readiness comparison across 163048 production sites. This compares all sites built on each framework, not the framework websites themselves.

Joomla
55
Avg ACRI Score
3349 sites analyzed
VS
WordPress
54
Avg ACRI Score
159699 sites analyzed
🏆 WordPress wins 4 of 8 metrics (3 to Joomla, 1 ties)

📊 Visual Comparison

Joomla   WordPress

🎯 ACRI Score
54.9
54.4
🤖 AI Readiness
71.3
72.2
📊 Token Bloat
21.3×
23.8×
👻 Ghost Ratio
0%
0%
🏷️ Schema Coverage
0.4
1.2
📋 Schema Adoption
16%
50%
🔓 GPTBot Access
96%
93%
📐 Structure Score
12.1
8.4

In a head-to-head framework comparison using 163048 production sites, WordPress takes the lead over Joomla across the majority of AI visibility metrics. On schema coverage, WordPress averages 1.2 structured data types per site vs 0.4 for Joomla—3.0× more out-of-the-box schema markup. This analysis is based on 3349 Joomla sites and 159699 WordPress sites from our 100k-domain radar database. Implementation quality varies—scan your own site to see how you compare.

📋 Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric Joomla (n=3349) WordPress (n=159699) Δ% Winner
🎯 ACRI Score 54.9 54.4 1% TIE
🤖 AI Readiness 71.3 72.2WIN 1% WordPress
📊 Token Bloat 21.3×WIN 23.8× 10% Joomla
👻 Ghost Ratio 0% 0%WIN 0% WordPress
🏷️ Schema Coverage 0.4 1.2WIN 67% WordPress
📋 Schema Adoption 16% 50%WIN 68% WordPress
🔓 GPTBot Access 96%WIN 93% 3% Joomla
📐 Structure Score 12.1WIN 8.4 30% Joomla

Joomla Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed3349
Avg ACRI54.9
Median ACRI55.0
ACRI Stddev±9.9
Avg Token Bloat21.3×
Median Token Bloat5.3×
Avg Ghost Ratio0%
Avg Schema Count0.4
GPTBot Blocked4%

WordPress Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed159699
Avg ACRI54.4
Median ACRI56.0
ACRI Stddev±10.4
Avg Token Bloat23.8×
Median Token Bloat10.7×
Avg Ghost Ratio0%
Avg Schema Count1.2
GPTBot Blocked7%

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