[TheLastSuperman]

@socialteenz I meant to convey that aside from niche forums, such as https://www.clubrsx.com/ and a handful of others, I'm seeing sites using WordPress more than ever before, and that last time I checked statistics WordPress was powering over 35% of websites online... 35%!

Check this out:
https://www.bimmerpost.com/

It uses WordPress and vB3.8, another exception to the rule per se but not too shabby overall.

I have yet to visit any other forums in the last six years that were not niche, and if I did, they didn't have what I was looking for (only the niche' forums did after all). Those included forums to get info on some issues with my daughters RSX, and a BMW forum to discuss why the arm rests in my BMW were gooey (sun did it to them, found ABS plastic molded replacements that fit just fine and look great too), and the last one was an appliance forum where I was looking up an issue with our old dryer before we purchased front-load machines - All that to say that aside from those three forums, I've lived life just fine without them.

Edit: Multisite anyone? That's right there is no license limitation for WordPress, so that is a big factor honestly as-in it's 100% free aside from plugins behind a pay wall, and there are more free plugins to choose from than not! I dare say there are more plugins available for WordPress than vB and Xen put together, google search that and it will state "Extend your WordPress experience! Browse 59,706 free plugins" and that isn't counting the paid/pay wall ones so I'm fairly sure I was right, and will dare to say more plugins than all forum softwares put together! If the staff over at vBulletin had half a clue (no offense Wayne/others) they would make a vBulletin forum plugin for use with WordPress and charge for it, people do pay for WordPress plugins, and they might be more inclined to pay for something that works with WordPress!

If someone just took the time to sit down and redo some of the forum plugins for WordPress or built their own, it could and would be a viable alternative. Do we really need a forum with a shoutbox like every other forum we used to see? Not really, that's all I'm saying .