This post provides current marketshare statistics for managed DNS services amongst top Alexa websites and US Fortune 500 companies. The methodology used to collect this data is explained in a prior post.
For this month, AWS Route 53, CloudFlare and DNSPod continue to show very strong growth in the Alexa 10,000 segment. Just a year ago, UltraDNS and Dyn held a solid lead in this segment, but now are ranked #3 and 5. UltraDNS and Verisign continue to hold a solid lead in the Fortune 500 market, and Dyn and UltraDNS in the Alexa 1,000 segment. Akamai has also shown has also shown growth in the Alexa 1,000 segment primarily driven by Cotendo migrations (Akamai acquired Cotendo in Dec 2011).
In this post we are also introducing new marketshare visuals. Click on the Historical buttons to view marketshare trends over the past 4 months.
Alexa Top 1,000 DNS Marketshare – 7 Sep 2013
Historical Alexa 1,000 DNS Marketshare – 4 Apr to 7 Sep 2013
Alexa Top 1,000 DNS Marketshare – 7 Sep 2013
Provider | Rank | Websites (out of 1000) | Marketshare | Marketshare Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
DynECT | 1 | 83 | 8.3% | +3 |
UltraDNS | 2 | 64 | 6.4% | +2 |
Akamai | 3 | 54 | 5.4% | +7 |
AWS Route 53 | 4 | 44 | 4.4% | +3 |
DNSPod | 5 | 41 | 4.1% | +6 |
GoDaddy DNS | 6 | 18 | 1.8% | 0 |
DNS Made Easy | 7 | 18 | 1.8% | +1 |
Verisign DNS | 8 | 15 | 1.5% | +1 |
CloudFlare | 9 | 9 | 0.9% | -1 |
Rackspace Cloud DNS | 10 | 8 | 0.8% | 0 |
Enom DNS | 11 | 6 | 0.6% | 0 |
Cotendo Advanced DNS | 12 | 5 | 0.5% | -6 |
Softlayer DNS | 13 | 4 | 0.4% | 0 |
easyDNS | 14 | 4 | 0.4% | -2 |
Namecheap | 15 | 3 | 0.3% | 0 |
Savvis | 16 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 |
Internap | 17 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 |
ClouDNS | 18 | 2 | 0.2% | 0 |
Nettica | 19 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
DTDNS | 20 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
ZoneEdit | 21 | 1 | 0.1% | -1 |
EuroDNS | 22 | 1 | 0.1% | 0 |
Alexa Top 1,000 DNS Switchers – 7 Sep 2013
Hostname | Rank | New DNS Provider | Previous DNS Provider |
---|---|---|---|
outbrain.com | 200 | DynECT | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
sweetim.com | 252 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
pof.com | 307 | UltraDNS | Akamai |
optmd.com | 343 | DynECT | UltraDNS |
incredibar-search.com | 434 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
xe.com | 483 | AWS Route 53 | easyDNS |
sweetpacks.com | 486 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
123rf.com | 638 | AWS Route 53 | ZoneEdit |
sweetpacks-search.com | 752 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
fixya.com | 979 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
Alexa Top 10,000 DNS Marketshare – 7 Sep 2013
Historical Alexa 10,000 DNS Marketshare – 4 Apr to 7 Sep 2013
Alexa Top 10,000 DNS Marketshare – 7 Sep 2013
Provider | Rank | Websites (out of 10,000) | Marketshare | Marketshare Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
DNSPod | 1 | 467 | 4.67% | +17 |
AWS Route 53 | 2 | 450 | 4.5% | +28 |
DynECT | 3 | 437 | 4.37% | +10 |
CloudFlare | 4 | 388 | 3.88% | +25 |
UltraDNS | 5 | 367 | 3.67% | +9 |
GoDaddy DNS | 6 | 305 | 3.05% | -9 |
Akamai | 7 | 248 | 2.48% | +22 |
DNS Made Easy | 8 | 243 | 2.43% | +9 |
Rackspace Cloud DNS | 9 | 133 | 1.33% | -1 |
Verisign DNS | 10 | 110 | 1.1% | +8 |
Softlayer DNS | 11 | 69 | 0.69% | -5 |
Enom DNS | 12 | 65 | 0.65% | +3 |
easyDNS | 13 | 60 | 0.6% | -1 |
Namecheap | 14 | 60 | 0.6% | -3 |
Savvis | 15 | 41 | 0.41% | -1 |
Internap | 16 | 28 | 0.28% | 0 |
ClouDNS | 17 | 27 | 0.27% | +1 |
Nettica | 18 | 25 | 0.25% | +1 |
ZoneEdit | 19 | 20 | 0.2% | -1 |
Cotendo Advanced DNS | 20 | 19 | 0.19% | -17 |
DNS Park | 21 | 15 | 0.15% | +1 |
EuroDNS | 22 | 13 | 0.13% | 0 |
No-IP | 23 | 10 | 0.1% | -1 |
Worldwide DNS | 24 | 7 | 0.07% | 0 |
Zerigo DNS | 25 | 6 | 0.06% | 0 |
CDNetworks DNS | 26 | 1 | 0.01% | 0 |
DTDNS | 27 | 1 | 0.01% | 0 |
Alexa Top 10,000 DNS Switchers – 7 Sep 2013
Hostname | Rank | New DNS Provider | Previous DNS Provider |
---|---|---|---|
outbrain.com | 200 | DynECT | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
sweetim.com | 252 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
pof.com | 307 | UltraDNS | Akamai |
optmd.com | 343 | DynECT | UltraDNS |
incredibar-search.com | 434 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
xe.com | 483 | AWS Route 53 | easyDNS |
sweetpacks.com | 486 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
123rf.com | 638 | AWS Route 53 | ZoneEdit |
sweetpacks-search.com | 752 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
fixya.com | 979 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
noticiadeldia.com | 1342 | DNS Made Easy | Softlayer DNS |
prezi.com | 1567 | AWS Route 53 | DynECT |
makeuseof.com | 1627 | AWS Route 53 | Rackspace Cloud DNS |
bizrate.com | 1655 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
pastebin.com | 1766 | CloudFlare | Namecheap |
megashare.info | 1793 | CloudFlare | GoDaddy DNS |
iconfinder.com | 2297 | AWS Route 53 | CloudFlare |
notdoppler.com | 2416 | CloudFlare | Softlayer DNS |
runetki.com | 2871 | Namecheap | Enom DNS |
lidl.de | 3005 | DynECT | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
admcsport.com | 3042 | GoDaddy DNS | Rackspace Cloud DNS |
fitbit.com | 3641 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
segundamano.mx | 3968 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
freemake.com | 4009 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
xforex.com | 4054 | DynECT | Savvis |
shopzilla.com | 4113 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
entire.xxx | 4134 | GoDaddy DNS | Rackspace Cloud DNS |
sitemeter.com | 4359 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
hotarabchat.com | 4504 | CloudFlare | Namecheap |
modcloth.com | 4515 | DNS Made Easy | CloudFlare |
anastasiadate.com | 5135 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
blogtalkradio.com | 5144 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
cuantocabron.com | 5302 | GoDaddy DNS | CloudFlare |
joydownload.com | 5499 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
dslreports.com | 5614 | AWS Route 53 | easyDNS |
sucksex.com | 5670 | CloudFlare | Namecheap |
chatroulette.com | 5721 | CloudFlare | AWS Route 53 |
spreadshirt.com | 5772 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
attracta.com | 6049 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
lidl.it | 6058 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
dailyfx.com | 6110 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
fabfurnish.com | 6114 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
prixmoinscher.com | 6277 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
asianbeauties.com | 6308 | Akamai | Cotendo Advanced DNS |
gratisjuegos.org | 6815 | CloudFlare | Softlayer DNS |
satrk.com | 6888 | DNS Made Easy | GoDaddy DNS |
supersonicads.com | 7280 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
gamebox.com | 7439 | AWS Route 53 | GoDaddy DNS |
sukar.com | 7975 | DNS Park | GoDaddy DNS |
vandal.net | 8197 | AWS Route 53 | DynECT |
Fortune 500 DNS Marketshare – 7 Sep 2013
Historical Fortune 500 DNS Marketshare – 4 Apr to 7 Sep 2013
Fortune 500 2013 DNS Marketshare – 7 Sep 2013
Provider | Rank | Websites (out of 500) | Marketshare | Marketshare Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
UltraDNS | 1 | 36 | 7.2% | +2 |
Verisign DNS | 2 | 30 | 6% | +1 |
Akamai | 3 | 17 | 3.4% | +2 |
DynECT | 4 | 10 | 2% | +1 |
DNS Made Easy | 5 | 7 | 1.4% | 0 |
GoDaddy DNS | 6 | 5 | 1% | 0 |
Savvis | 7 | 4 | 0.8% | 0 |
Internap | 8 | 3 | 0.6% | 0 |
Rackspace Cloud DNS | 9 | 2 | 0.4% | 0 |
Enom DNS | 10 | 2 | 0.4% | 0 |
easyDNS | 11 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
ZoneEdit | 12 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
AWS Route 53 | 13 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
No-IP | 14 | 1 | 0.2% | 0 |
Fortune 500 DNS Switchers – 7 Sep 2013
There were no changes in managed DNS providers amongst Fortune 500 websites within this time period.