Have you heard of WordPress? 

I am sure, the answer is yes. Because it’s quite impossible to use the internet and not hear about WordPress. 

If you have not heard of WordPress or think that only small bloggers use this platform, then you are in for the surprise of a lifetime. 

Because there are many famous WordPress sites that use this platform. Just a heads up, these lists of famous WordPress websites are not only from one single niche. In fact, there are rarely any territories that don’t use WordPress CMS.

So, without any ado, let’s move on to the main part…

WordPress: Overview

WordPress is the most popular CMS with approximately 30,462,105 live sites. Yes! This easy-to-use Content management system dominates the internet with 43% usage among the top 10 million websites.

This free and open-source CMS started its journey in 2003. Since then, it has grown to be the most used platform when it comes to content management systems. What contributes to this massive success is the fact that CMS doesn’t require you to know a single line of code let alone be an expert programmer.

From a simple blog site to the most popular news site now uses WordPress. To know which famous websites use this WordPress, move on to the next section.

11 Top Famous WordPress sites you didn’t know about

Our list of top WordPress websites includes famous websites from various fields. Keep reading to get familiar with the famous websites you had no clue used the WordPress platform:

1. Microsoft News

Yes. The famous Microsoft news uses WordPress. Microsoft news is a blog site that uses the WordPress platform for its attractive look. For the news articles, this site uses masonry grid layouts of WP.

Thanks to WordPress, this site is providing informative news articles to readers in a user-friendly way to navigate and read news about their preferred topics. This site uses a custom theme named “Microsoft News Center theme” to set it apart from other sites.

2. BBC America

Are you a Movie Buff? Or curious to know about all things related to the entertainment movie/TV industry from both America and Britain? 

If yes, then you must have come across BBC America. But you probably didn’t know that this amazing site is built with WordPress.

You can watch TV dramas, sci-fi series, and documentaries on this site along with reading relevant blogs. This site has a really modern navigation system which contributes to the site’s high traffic.

3. TED Blog

Ted follows the slogan “ideas worth spreading”. They promote free talks online on various interesting and important topics, in short topics that are worth spreading. 

This site has a simple layout and offers talks in both blog format along with video format. And this popular site also runs on WordPress. This site does not use self-hosted WordPress but rather uses WordPress VIP.

4. Skype

Yes! Microsoft loves the WordPress CMS. So, it didn’t stop using WordPress at Microsoft News. The skype layout is also built with this famous CMS.

Skype is a famous platform for videoconferencing and voice calls. It works for both one on one conversations and group conversations. This site leverages WordPress to beautifully showcase its features, video tutorials, etc

Moreover, this famous WordPress site also shared stories about how this platform helped people to communicate with each other using this amazing platform.

5. The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is probably the biggest entertainment Conglomerate. The Disney site is built with WordPress.

The site has a clean navigation menu on top with the logo in the middle. Apart from that, it also has a very simple yet stylish layout that displays different sections such as recent news, about, investor relations, careers, social responsibility, etc.

6. PlayStation

Games are not limited to kids anymore and are extremely popular with adults as well. And Playstation has to do a lot with this admiration among adults.

The PlayStation is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. Playstation blog is based on WordPress where you can find everything that’s trending in the video games industry.

7. Yelp

Yelp publishes crowd-sourced reviews about businesses. This is a popular reliable source to find authentic reviews about restaurants, healthcare, tourist spots, etc.

Most people know that Yelp reviews help you to rank on Google. But what many don’t know is that this platform itself relies on WordPress CMS to provide a great user experience and rank on the SERP.

This site uses a feasible layout to present informative articles based on different categories such as the latest in news, community, etc. Besides, this site is also available in multiple languages such as English, Spanish, French, Chinese, etc.

8. Facebook Newsroom

Who is not on Facebook, right? Even if you are not on it, it would be quite impossible to find someone who has not heard of this social networking site. This popular social networking site also uses WordPress.

So, if you want to stay updated with everything related to Facebook (Meta), then you will find it on Facebook Newsroom which is a WordPress site. This famous WordPress site displays articles about all the news related to Meta. 

So, whether it’s about a new feature or how people use Facebook business to achieve extraordinary success from small businesses, the site serves it all.

9. cPanel Blog

cPanel is a known territory of all the web developers and hosting professionals around the world. Developed by cPanel LLC, this web hosting control panel software provides a user-friendly graphical interface and automation tools to make the job of hosting super easy.

If you are related to the WordPress industry, then it’s highly unlikely that you have not heard of it. But you probably didn’t know that cPanel also uses WordPress CMS. The cPanel blog powered by WordPress displays all the latest news with a navigation bar that offers you to buy a cPanel license.

10. Vogue

WordPress isn’t just limited to motion entertainment sites but has a strong presence on the fashion industry sites as well. The UK vogue site actually uses WordPress CMS to let its users know about all the fashion games that are running around the world.

The Vogue website uses an enticing layout that focuses on new collections by different famous designers around the world along with lifestyle articles. You get to watch a lot of fashion-related videos as well as Vogue shopping options. Furthermore, this gorgeous site also offers a newsletter subscription option.

11. Usain Bolt

Usain Bolt — the fastest man on planet earth uses WordPress for his personal website. This 11 times World champion and 8 times Olympic champion’s website has a very simple yet chic look to it.

This site beautifully highlights his bio, news related to his professional and personal life, his foundation, his team, etc. The latest article section has a very attractive animation and shows a relevant thumbnail on hover.

Why Famous Brands uses WordPress

Are you happily surprised that so many famous brands use WordPress? Well, if you are a WordPress admirer then this should make you happy that more and more people know the worth of WordPress. However, if you are someone who is wondering why famous brands use these platforms, then here are some of the reasons:

• It’s by far the easiest way to customize among all the popular Content management systems. Nobody wants a hard to customize CMS because technology gets outdated very quickly. The easier your CMS is to customize, the better you can cope up with all the latest updates in the technology world.
• WordPress is Search Engine friendly. No, Search Engines don’t cut famous brands slack when it comes to SEO scores. And that’s the reason they rely on this SEO-friendly platform to grab the SERP spots.
• Websites can be made device responsive using WordPress in no time. Nowadays, you can not expect people to sit on their laptop/computer all the time to come to your site. So, ensuring that your site is mobile-friendly is non-negotiable for a better user experience and Search Engine Optimization.
• Famous brands have information that they can not let go public. Besides, they need to protect their user’s data as well. And no CMS provides better security than WordPress.
• WordPress offers 55,000 plugins to extend your website to do amazing things according to your needs. And famous brands love to leverage this accessibility of so many plugins to enrich their website.
• This open-source CMS ensures high performance because it’s extremely lightweight. As a result, websites that build using this platform load really fast and hold your customer by minimizing bounce rate. Besides, this platform is easy to maintain.

Now, do you realize why WordPress is among the biggies? Because it provides all the good features that a CMS should do and big brands recognize that way too well.

Which one is your Favorite Famous WordPress site?

We could go on to make this blog super lengthy because there are many more sites that use WordPress like the ones that made it to our list. But this list must be enough to make you realize how popular this CMS is.

However, the question is which one among the list is your favorite famous WordPress website? 

Let me go first, mine is Vogue.

Do tell us, which one is your favorite in the comment box.