Showit vs Wordpress — Platform Benchmark

50.1

Showit

19 sites

52.5

Wordpress

240 sites

WINNER

Score Summary

Avg AI Readability

56.4 63.7

Avg Security

29.9 27.0

Avg Efficiency

54.7 57.4

Avg Total Score

50.1 52.5

Avg Structure

59.3 63.2

Avg Load Complexity

49.4 52.9

Avg Lighthouse

55.6 55.8

Best Site Score

71.1 83.9

Worst Site Score

32.4 28.4

Showit Wordpress

Performance by Industry

Average total score for each platform within shared industries.

Industry	Showit	Wordpress
Architecture	47.1 1 sites	48.3 19 sites
Content Creation	58.3 2 sites	55.0 3 sites
Corporate-personal	—	53.0 25 sites
Design	—	51.5 11 sites
Film & Video	—	64.7 1 sites
Photography	49.3 16 sites	52.8 181 sites

Comparison Insights

Overall Verdict

Wordpress holds a modest 2.4-point lead over Showit. The difference is real but not decisive.

Dimension Edge

Showit leads in: Security. Wordpress leads in: AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity. Wordpress has a broader performance advantage across dimensions.

Opportunities for improvement

Showit could target AI Readability, Efficiency, Structure, Load Complexity to close the gap.
Wordpress could target Security to improve.

Industry-by-Industry Results

Wordpress wins in 2 of 6 shared industries - its overall lead holds across verticals.

Sample Size Consideration

Wordpress has 12.6× more audited sites than Showit. Larger samples surface more variation and may pull averages toward the mean, so this comparison should be read with that in mind.