WordPress theme comparison
Newsmatic vs Sparker
At a glance
- Newsmatic has more active installs: 10K+, against 100+ for Sparker.
- On a typical day, Newsmatic is downloaded about 88 times, Sparker about 0.
- Sparker is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.8 from 87 reviews.
- Newsmatic was updated more recently: Oct 28, 2026, against May 9, 2021 for Sparker.
- Sparker has been around longer: since 2019, against 2023 for Newsmatic.
Line by line
Newsmatic leads on 3 of 4 comparable lines.
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
Tags they share
- Top Blog themes
- Top Custom background themes
- Top Custom colors themes
- Top Custom menu themes
- Top Featured images themes
- Top News themes
- Top Post formats themes
- Top Right sidebar themes
- Top Sticky post themes
- Top Theme options themes
- Top Threaded comments themes
- Top Translation ready themes
- Top Two columns themes
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