🏗️ Architectural Benchmark — Framework Battle

Next.js vs WordPress

Aggregate AI readiness comparison across 238955 production sites. This compares all sites built on each framework, not the framework websites themselves.

Next.js
42
Avg ACRI Score
52284 sites analyzed
VS
WordPress
54
Avg ACRI Score
186671 sites analyzed
🏆 WordPress wins 6 of 8 metrics (0 to Next.js, 2 ties)

📊 Visual Comparison

Next.js   WordPress

🎯 ACRI Score
42.0
53.9
🤖 AI Readiness
60.0
72.0
📊 Token Bloat
308.5×
24.7×
👻 Ghost Ratio
6%
0%
🏷️ Schema Coverage
1.1
1.1
📋 Schema Adoption
32%
49%
🔓 GPTBot Access
94%
93%
📐 Structure Score
6.5
8.5

The data is in: WordPress sites generally achieve better AI readiness than Next.js sites. Based on 238955 domains, WordPress wins 6 of 8 categories. WordPress sites average an ACRI score of 53.9 compared to 42.0 for Next.js—a meaningful 12-point gap that reflects real differences in how AI crawlers experience these sites. Token efficiency strongly favors WordPress (24.7×) over Next.js (308.5×)—a 92% difference that directly impacts AI processing costs. WordPress sites render 6% less ghost HTML on average (0% vs 6%), delivering more server-side content to AI crawlers. Note: These are aggregate statistics across 52284 Next.js and 186671 WordPress production deployments. Your specific implementation may differ—run a free scan to check.

📋 Metric-by-Metric Breakdown

Metric Next.js (n=52284) WordPress (n=186671) Δ% Winner
🎯 ACRI Score 42.0 53.9WIN 22% WordPress
🤖 AI Readiness 60.0 72.0WIN 17% WordPress
📊 Token Bloat 308.5× 24.7×WIN 92% WordPress
👻 Ghost Ratio 6% 0%WIN 100% WordPress
🏷️ Schema Coverage 1.1 1.1 0% TIE
📋 Schema Adoption 32% 49%WIN 35% WordPress
🔓 GPTBot Access 94% 93% 1% TIE
📐 Structure Score 6.5 8.5WIN 23% WordPress

Next.js Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed52284
Avg ACRI42.0
Median ACRI44.0
ACRI Stddev±17.1
Avg Token Bloat308.5×
Median Token Bloat31.2×
Avg Ghost Ratio6%
Avg Schema Count1.1
GPTBot Blocked6%

WordPress Aggregate Stats

Sites Analyzed186671
Avg ACRI53.9
Median ACRI55.0
ACRI Stddev±10.4
Avg Token Bloat24.7×
Median Token Bloat10.7×
Avg Ghost Ratio0%
Avg Schema Count1.1
GPTBot Blocked7%

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