Joomla: 352,042 detections (3.5% of detected) (Source: WebPulse Common Crawl scan, 10M+ detections. Among detected frameworks.)
The Numbers
Four frameworks that headline conferences, fill blog posts, and drive Twitter debates — together they have a fraction of Joomla's detections. A framework that most developers consider dead, that nobody recommends for new projects, that hasn't had a major conference talk in years. Joomla's strong HTML signatures make it highly detectable — but even accounting for detection bias, the gap is significant. At 10M scale, Joomla actually gained share — from 2.8% to 3.5%.
What 'Dead' Really Means
In technology, 'dead' means 'stopped growing.' It doesn't mean 'stopped existing.' Joomla stopped growing years ago. But the sites built on it are still running, still serving traffic, still accumulating security debt. Dead frameworks don't disappear — they fossilize. And fossilized infrastructure is the most dangerous kind.
