This post provides an update on DNS marketshare statistics for May 2013. This is a follow up to our previous posts in March and April 2013.
Alexa Top 10,000 DNS Marketshare – May 6, 2013
The following table provides a comparison of DNS provider marketshare between Apr 8 and May 6 2013 for the top 10,000 Alexa websites. Alexa rankings change frequently. This analysis is based on an Alexa rankings snapshot taken on April 5 2013.
Akamai’s marketshare growth is primarily being driven by migrations off the Cotendo platform which is scheduled to be shutdown sometime this year. AWS Route 53 and CloudFlare continue to grow significantly in this market segment.
Provider Rank Websites (out of 10,000) Marketshare Marketshare Change DynECT 1 440 4.4% +6 / +1.382% AWS Route 53 2 381 3.81% +14 / +3.815% UltraDNS 3 361 3.61% -2 / -0.551% DNSPod 4 336 3.36% +5 / +1.511% CloudFlare 5 314 3.14% +23 / +7.904% GoDaddy DNS 6 287 2.87% -10 / -3.367% DNS Made Easy 7 246 2.46% 0 Akamai 8 217 2.17% +10 / +4.831% Rackspace Cloud DNS 9 156 1.56% -2 / -1.266% Verisign DNS 10 106 1.06% +5 / +4.95% Softlayer DNS 11 79 0.79% 0 Namecheap 12 76 0.76% 0 easyDNS 13 76 0.76% -1 / -1.299% Enom DNS 14 66 0.66% -1 / -1.493% Cotendo Advanced DNS 15 47 0.47% -11 / -18.966% Savvis 16 42 0.42% 0 Nettica 17 30 0.3% 0 ZoneEdit 18 29 0.29% 0 Internap 19 27 0.27% 0 ClouDNS 20 21 0.21% +3 / +16.667% DNS Park 21 17 0.17% +1 / +6.25% No-IP 22 12 0.12% 0 Zerigo DNS 23 10 0.1% 0 EuroDNS 24 7 0.07% 0 Worldwide DNS 25 5 0.05% -1 / -16.667% DTDNS 26 2 0.02% 0 CDNetworks DNS 27 2 0.02% +1 / +100%
Alexa Top 1,000 DNS Marketshare – May 6, 2013
The following table provides a comparison of DNS provider marketshare between Apr 8 and May 6 2013 for the top 1,000 Alexa websites. Alexa rankings change frequently. This analysis is based on an Alexa rankings snapshot taken on April 5 2013.
This market segment is much less volatile month-to-month relative to the top 10,000.
| Provider | Rank | Websites (out of 1,000) | Marketshare | Marketshare Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DynECT | 1 | 79 | 7.9% | 0 |
| UltraDNS | 2 | 63 | 6.3% | +1 / +1.613% |
| Akamai | 3 | 48 | 4.8% | 0 |
| AWS Route 53 | 4 | 34 | 3.4% | -1 / -2.857% |
| DNSPod | 5 | 32 | 3.2% | 0 |
| DNS Made Easy | 6 | 21 | 2.1% | 0 |
| GoDaddy DNS | 7 | 14 | 1.4% | 0 |
| Cotendo Advanced DNS | 8 | 11 | 1.1% | -1 / -8.333% |
| Verisign DNS | 9 | 10 | 1% | 0 |
| easyDNS | 10 | 10 | 1% | 0 |
| CloudFlare | 11 | 8 | 0.8% | +1 / +14.286% |
| Rackspace Cloud DNS | 12 | 7 | 0.7% | 0 |
| Namecheap | 13 | 6 | 0.6% | 0 |
| Softlayer DNS | 14 | 5 | 0.5% | 0 |
| Enom DNS | 15 | 5 | 0.5% | 0 |
| Internap | 16 | 3 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Savvis | 17 | 3 | 0.3% | 0 |
| Nettica | 18 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 |
| ClouDNS | 19 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 |
| ZoneEdit | 20 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 |
| DTDNS | 21 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
| EuroDNS | 22 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
| No-IP | 23 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
| Worldwide DNS | 24 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
Fortune 500 DNS Marketshare – May 6, 2013
The following table provides a comparison of DNS provider marketshare between Apr 8 and May 6 2013 for the 2012 US Fortune 500 Companies. Again, very little movement in this market segment.
| Provider | Rank | Websites (out of 500) | Marketshare | Marketshare Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UltraDNS | 1 | 36 | 7.2% | +1 / +2.857% |
| Verisign DNS | 2 | 24 | 4.8% | 0 |
| Akamai | 3 | 13 | 2.6% | 0 |
| DynECT | 4 | 8 | 1.6% | 0 |
| DNS Made Easy | 5 | 6 | 1.2% | 0 |
| Savvis | 6 | 4 | 0.8% | 0 |
| GoDaddy DNS | 7 | 4 | 0.8% | 0 |
| Internap | 8 | 4 | 0.8% | 0 |
| Rackspace Cloud DNS | 9 | 2 | 0.4% | 0 |
| AWS Route 53 | 10 | 2 | 0.4% | 0 |
| easyDNS | 11 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
| No-IP | 12 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
| Enom DNS | 13 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
| ZoneEdit | 14 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
Top 20 Alexa Site Changes – Apr 8 to May 6 2013
As part of the marketshare analysis, we track which Alexa 10,000 sites have switched DNS providers since the last snapshot.
Hostname Rank New DNS Provider Previous DNS Provider indiatimes.com 128 UltraDNS DynECT goodreads.com 312 UltraDNS GoDaddy DNS lifehacker.com 586 DynECT Cotendo Advanced DNS gawker.com 1138 DynECT Cotendo Advanced DNS elwatannews.com 1307 CloudFlare DynECT payoneer.com 1418 Akamai Cotendo Advanced DNS speedbit.com 1500 Akamai Cotendo Advanced DNS kotaku.com 1600 DynECT Cotendo Advanced DNS shop.com 1650 Verisign DNS UltraDNS cafemom.com 1660 AWS Route 53 GoDaddy DNS io9.com 1875 DynECT Cotendo Advanced DNS tokyo-porn-tube.com 2014 AWS Route 53 GoDaddy DNS jezebel.com 2106 DynECT Cotendo Advanced DNS r2games.com 2383 DNSPod GoDaddy DNS nomorerack.com 2688 UltraDNS AWS Route 53 tokyo-tube.com 2721 AWS Route 53 GoDaddy DNS socialmediabar.com 2884 CloudFlare Rackspace Cloud DNS unfranchise.com.tw 2896 Verisign DNS UltraDNS sevenforums.com 3110 GoDaddy DNS DynECT tasteofhome.com 3233 AWS Route 53 UltraDNS
