StartupHub.ai looked at 1,996 homepages built with 13 website builders and frameworks, plus single-page apps with no builder name, and counted readable words served before scripts executed. Replit, Lovable and Base44 often served almost no readable text before scripts executed, while WordPress, Webflow and Shopify almost always served readable text. Replit fell below 100 words on 71 percent of homepages, Lovable on 45 percent and Base44 on 32 percent, against 2 percent for WordPress and Webflow and 1 percent for Shopify. The study used 100 words as the cut-off. An AI assistant that fetches a page without running scripts sees only the HTML, so founders should care whether that HTML carries the message.
How many readable words each builder returns
The amount of readable words on a homepage depends heavily on the builder. Replit posts a median of 15 readable words from 7 KB of HTML. Lovable climbs to a median of 183 words in 19 KB. Base44 sits close at 193 words for 15 KB. Fifteen words covers a page title with almost nothing after that.
WordPress shows a median of 917 words while Next.js lands at 1,002. Webflow follows with 1,088 words. Shopify reports 1,334 words and Framer tops the group at 1,384. Only 7 percent of Next.js sites drop below 100 words. Nuxt puts 12 percent below 100 words.
Heavy pages do not guarantee more copy. Wix delivers the largest payload at 831 KB of HTML for a median of 357 words. Framer delivers 676 KB for a median of 1,384 words.
Two extra rows use a second sample of newer company sites and sit near the bottom of the table. One row has no builder name. Those 317 homepages contain one bundled script plus an otherwise empty page. AI coding tools often leave that shape after any badge is removed. Those 317 homepages record a median of 11 readable words in 7 KB of HTML with 61 percent under 100 words. No single tool can be tied to each page so the table calls the group unbranded single-page apps. GoDaddy's website builder forms the other row with 162 sites at a median of 104 readable words. Twelve percent of those sites sit under 100.
| Builder | Sites read | Readable words (median) | HTML size (median) | Under 100 words |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Replit | 59 | 15 | 7 KB | 71% |
| Unbranded single-page app | 317 | 11 | 7 KB | 61% |
| Lovable | 128 | 183 | 19 KB | 45% |
| Base44 | 120 | 193 | 15 KB | 32% |
| GoDaddy | 162 | 104 | 84 KB | 12% |
| Nuxt | 146 | 697 | 187 KB | 12% |
| Wix | 90 | 357 | 831 KB | 7% |
| Squarespace | 135 | 430 | 378 KB | 7% |
| Next.js | 150 | 1,002 | 208 KB | 7% |
| Astro | 120 | 1,149 | 165 KB | 5% |
| WordPress | 143 | 917 | 192 KB | 2% |
| Webflow | 143 | 1,088 | 126 KB | 2% |
| Framer | 138 | 1,384 | 676 KB | 2% |
| Shopify | 145 | 1,334 | 520 KB | 1% |
Agent Readiness, Domain Rating and speed by builder
Agent Readiness is StartupHub.ai's score for how well AI agents can read and act on a site. No builder scores well on it. Averages stretch from 43.2 for WordPress to 56.9 for Base44, all near the middle of a 100 point scale. Shopify averages 55.3, while Replit and Astro average 51.7 and Lovable averages 45.9. Base44 finishes on top, which shows a site can be set up well for agents yet still give agents little text.
Domain Rating measures links pointing at a domain on a 0 to 100 scale, and the AI app builders drop off here. The typical Base44, Lovable or Replit site carries a Domain Rating of 0. The typical WordPress site sits at 36, Webflow at 37, Shopify at 45 and Nuxt at 53. Age explains part of the gap because these sites are new and have had less time to earn links.
On phones the AI app builders rank among the fastest. Lovable averages 76.7 out of 100 for mobile speed, Base44 averages 70.5 and Replit averages 67.3. WordPress averages 57.5, Webflow averages 52.1 and Squarespace averages 49.8.
| Builder | Sites | Agent Readiness (avg) | Domain Rating (median) | Mobile speed (avg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base44 | 120 | 56.9 | 0 | 70.5 |
| Shopify | 145 | 55.3 | 45 | 56.2 |
| Replit | 59 | 51.7 | 0 | 67.3 |
| Astro | 120 | 51.7 | 34 | 70.8 |
| Next.js | 150 | 50.6 | 25 | 66.3 |
| Wix | 90 | 48.7 | 12 | 64.5 |
| Framer | 138 | 47.6 | 33 | 60.2 |
| Squarespace | 135 | 47.2 | 22 | 49.8 |
| Nuxt | 146 | 46.7 | 53 | 58.7 |
| Lovable | 128 | 45.9 | 0 | 76.7 |
| Webflow | 143 | 45.7 | 37 | 52.1 |
| WordPress | 143 | 43.2 | 36 | 57.5 |
Readable text against link authority
A single chart with both metrics splits website builders into three groups. The long established builders and frameworks gather on the right side. Most sit in the upper corner. A typical site there holds about 700 to 1,400 readable words with Domain Rating from 25 to 53. Squarespace sits slightly lower with 430 words and Domain Rating of 22. Lovable and Base44 sit along the lower edge with some page copy and median Domain Rating of 0. Wix sits a little higher at 12. Replit sits by itself in the lower left corner with 15 words and Domain Rating of 0. The upper left stays empty. None of the measured builders pairs strong links with blank content.
The builders' own homepages
Modelled estimates for October 2026 place Shopify at 268.4 million visits and WordPress.com at 121.1 million. Both sit ahead of Lovable at 31.1 million and Wix at 30.9 million. Base44 recorded 14.0 million and Replit recorded 10.0 million. Bolt recorded 3.0 million and v0 recorded 2.8 million. Between September and October Bolt dropped 17.8 percent and v0 dropped 14.3 percent. Replit dropped 7.7 percent while Lovable grew 3.8 percent.
On 11 November 2026 Framer earned 76 for Agent Readiness and Webflow earned 72. Squarespace earned 70 and Wix earned 69. Base44 earned 68 and Bolt earned 66. Shopify earned 65 and WordPress.com earned 62. Replit earned 61 and v0 earned 61. Lovable presented a bot challenge. So Lovable has no reading or Agent Readiness score. For mobile speed Framer earned 80 and Base44 earned 79. Shopify earned 77. Lovable earned 48 and Webflow earned 42. Bolt earned 35 and Replit earned 33. Squarespace earned 28. The speed test gave no score for v0.
| Site | Visits, Oct 2026 (est.) | vs Sept | Agent Readiness | Mobile speed | Domain Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lovable.dev | 31.1M | +3.8% | not readable | 48 | 87 |
| base44.com | 14M | +0.5% | 68 | 79 | 72 |
| replit.com | 10M | -7.7% | 61 | 33 | 86 |
| bolt.new | 3M | -17.8% | 66 | 35 | 80 |
| v0.app | 2.8M | -14.3% | 61 | no score | 82 |
| wix.com | 30.9M | +1.5% | 69 | 58 | 95 |
| webflow.com | 5.5M | +4.3% | 72 | 42 | 92 |
| framer.com | 5M | -5.7% | 76 | 80 | 90 |
| wordpress.com | 121.1M | +2% | 62 | 55 | 94 |
| shopify.com | 268.4M | +3.2% | 65 | 77 | 96 |
| squarespace.com | 45.8M | +4.5% | 70 | 28 | 95 |
Wix and Automattic are moving in
Wix owns Base44. In its first-quarter 2026 results of 13 May, Wix said Base44 had reached around 150 million dollars in annual recurring revenue. On the earnings call Wix placed the total at 100 million dollars in early March. Acquisition marketing for Base44 plus core Wix reached about 90 million dollars in that quarter. That sum leaves out around 24 million dollars for Super Bowl ads. Six months later growth continued. In third-quarter results on 10 November, Wix described Base44 as nearing 250 million dollars in annual recurring revenue. Wix linked the rise to strong demand and faster marketing spend.
Automattic stands behind WordPress.com. Telex is the AI development tool from Automattic. Matt Mullenweg called Telex a "V0 or Lovable, but specifically for WordPress". The money is going into building sites fast. The numbers above are about whether anything can read them.
If your site came out of an AI app builder
- Count HTML words Inspect source before scripts execute and tally readable words across important pages.
- Ask for rendering Request server rendering or a prerendered build from the website builder so core pages expose copy in HTML.
- Earn real links A Domain Rating around zero suppresses all pages, so secure links from pertinent sites.
- Run free scans Start the free Agent Readiness scan plus the website checkup with ten checks.
How we measured
The readable words sample spans 1,996 homepages. Each entry supplied HTML as delivered on 11 November 2026 before scripts ran. Script and style material was stripped out. Navigation and footer copy stayed in the total because visitors read that text. A homepage entered the set only if its HTML held a matching builder fingerprint. The GoDaddy and unbranded single-page app rows came from another pool. They came from 5,169 recently added company sites accessible that day. Those sites are newer than the main set.
Agent Readiness, Domain Rating and mobile speed values are averages and medians across the same confirmed sites. Counts range from 59 for Replit to 150 for Next.js. Every table value therefore reflects a site tied to the named builder. Visit totals are modelled estimates for October 2026. The set holds company and startup websites, mainly homepages. A newer site has had less time to earn links.
Questions
Can ChatGPT read a Lovable site?
Many Lovable sites cannot be read from the HTML alone. Of the 128 Lovable sites read, 45 percent came in below 100 readable words. The median stood at 183 readable words. When scripts render a page's text, the assistant must execute those scripts to view the content.
Which website builder is best for AI search?
No website builder scores well on average. Agent Readiness averages span 43.2 for WordPress to 56.9 for Base44 out of 100. Readable text comes back far more consistently from WordPress, Webflow and Shopify. Only 1 percent to 2 percent of their sites fall under 100 readable words.
Is WordPress still good for SEO?
Yes on the basics in these measurements. WordPress sites return readable text and have real link authority. Only 2 percent sit below 100 readable words among WordPress sites. A typical WordPress site carries a Domain Rating of 36. The weakness is Agent Readiness. WordPress sites average 43.2, the lowest of the 12 builders, with mobile speed at 57.5.
Why do AI app builder sites have a low Domain Rating?
Median Domain Rating runs low across AI app builder sites because the typical site holds almost no links. For Base44, Lovable and Replit, the median Domain Rating sits at 0. WordPress reaches 36 and Webflow reaches 37. Age explains part of the gap.
