The Reality Check
11,711 detections (2.6%)
Joomla
Source: WebPulse 500K scan. Still the #5 most-detected framework globally.
1,588 combined (0.4%)
Astro + SvelteKit
Source: WebPulse 500K scan. Two of the most-discussed modern frameworks.
Developer conferences talk about Astro and SvelteKit. Hacker News debates their merits. Framework comparison articles pit them against each other. Meanwhile, Joomla — which most developers consider dead — outnumbers both of them combined by 7x.
Why This Matters
The web we discuss isn't the web that exists. The frameworks that dominate tech Twitter represent 6% of the actual web. The frameworks nobody talks about — WordPress, Shopify, Joomla — represent 85%. Every strategy based on 'what's trending' misreads the market by an order of magnitude.
