Top Traffic Sites
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The 100 highest-traffic websites, ranked by agreement across several public traffic and link lists, and the authoritative DNS provider of each site's domain and the CDN, WAF or cloud load balancer a visitor connects to first.
Top 100 fully scanned (2026-10-17). Updated weekly; the totals use each site's latest result.
DNS Market Share, Top 100
AWS Route 53 31%Cloudflare DNS 15%Self-hosted 11%NS1 (IBM) 9.4%Akamai Edge DNS 7.3%Azure DNS 5.1%Google Cloud DNS 4.8%UltraDNS (DigiCert) 4.1%Google (own network) 4.0%Other 3.2%Packet Clearing House 1.0%Nominet 1.0%DNSimple 1.0%DNS Made Easy 0.6%GoDaddy 0.3%
Each site counts once; a site split across providers is split evenly (DNS: by nameserver count). Shares count the 99 of the top 100 sites that answered our last scan.
Sites
| Rank | Site | Hostname scanned | DNS provider | CDN & security provider |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | facebook.com DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS32934) | www.facebook.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS32934) |
| 2 | google.com DNS Google (own network) · CDN Google (own network) | www.google.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Google (own network) | Google (own network) |
| 3 | instagram.com DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS32934) | www.instagram.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS32934) |
| 4 | youtube.com DNS Google (own network) · CDN Google (own network) | www.youtube.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Google (own network) | Google (own network) |
| 5 | linkedin.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + Azure DNS 50% · CDN Cloudflare | www.linkedin.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + Azure DNS 50% | Cloudflare |
| 6 | apple.com DNS Self-hosted 50% + Packet Clearing House 50% · CDN Akamai | www.apple.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted 50% + Packet Clearing House 50% | Akamai |
| 7 | wikipedia.org DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS14907) | en.wikipedia.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS14907) |
| 8 | x.com DNS AWS Route 53 75% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 13% + Other 13% · CDN Cloudflare | x.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 75% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 13% + Other 13% | Cloudflare |
| 9 | microsoft.com DNS Azure DNS · CDN Akamai | www.microsoft.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Azure DNS | Akamai |
| 10 | pinterest.com DNS Cloudflare DNS 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% · CDN Fastly | www.pinterest.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% | Fastly |
| 11 | whatsapp.com DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS32934) | www.whatsapp.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS32934) |
| 12 | tiktok.com DNS Akamai Edge DNS · CDN Akamai | www.tiktok.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | Akamai |
| 13 | github.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% · CDN Microsoft (own network) | github.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% | Microsoft (own network) |
| 14 | vimeo.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Cloudflare | vimeo.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Cloudflare |
| 15 | amazon.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.amazon.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 16 | bit.ly DNS AWS Route 53 50% + Google Cloud DNS 50% · CDN Google Cloud | bit.lyscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 50% + Google Cloud DNS 50% | Google Cloud |
| 17 | adobe.com DNS Akamai Edge DNS · CDN Akamai | www.adobe.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | Akamai |
| 18 | reddit.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | www.reddit.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 19 | t.me DNS Google Cloud DNS · CDN Self-hosted (AS62041) | t.mescanned 2026-10-17 | Google Cloud DNS | Self-hosted (AS62041) |
| 20 | spotify.com DNS Google Cloud DNS 80% + NS1 (IBM) 20% · CDN Fastly | www.spotify.com → open.spotify.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Google Cloud DNS 80% + NS1 (IBM) 20% | Fastly |
| 21 | nih.gov DNS Self-hosted · CDN Google Cloud | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Google Cloud |
| 22 | yahoo.com DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS36647) | www.yahoo.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS36647) |
| 23 | tumblr.com DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS2635) | www.tumblr.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS2635) |
| 24 | archive.org DNS Self-hosted 50% + Cloudflare DNS 33% + Other 17% · CDN Self-hosted (AS7941) | archive.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted 50% + Cloudflare DNS 33% + Other 17% | Self-hosted (AS7941) |
| 25 | flickr.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.flickr.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 26 | nytimes.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% · CDN Fastly | www.nytimes.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% | Fastly |
| 27 | medium.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | medium.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 28 | soundcloud.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | soundcloud.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 29 | forbes.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | www.forbes.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 30 | theguardian.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + Other 50% · CDN Fastly | www.theguardian.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + Other 50% | Fastly |
| 31 | paypal.com DNS Packet Clearing House 50% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 50% · CDN Fastly | www.paypal.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Packet Clearing House 50% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 50% | Fastly |
| 32 | sciencedirect.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | www.sciencedirect.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 33 | shopify.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | shopify.com → www.shopify.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 34 | dropbox.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Self-hosted (AS19679) | www.dropbox.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Self-hosted (AS19679) |
| 35 | bbc.com DNS Other 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% · CDN Fastly | www.bbc.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Other 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% | Fastly |
| 36 | cnn.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | www.cnn.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 37 | researchgate.net DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | www.researchgate.netscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 38 | reuters.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.reuters.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 39 | live.com DNS Azure DNS · CDN Microsoft (own network) | outlook.live.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Azure DNS | Microsoft (own network) |
| 40 | wikimedia.org DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS14907) | commons.wikimedia.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS14907) |
| 41 | nature.com DNS UltraDNS (DigiCert) · CDN Fastly | www.nature.comscanned 2026-10-17 | UltraDNS (DigiCert) | Fastly |
| 42 | bbc.co.uk DNS Other 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% · CDN Fastly | www.bbc.co.ukscanned 2026-10-17 | Other 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% | Fastly |
| 43 | springer.com DNS UltraDNS (DigiCert) · CDN Fastly | link.springer.comscanned 2026-10-17 | UltraDNS (DigiCert) | Fastly |
| 44 | wiley.com DNS Self-hosted · CDN Cloudflare | onlinelibrary.wiley.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Cloudflare |
| 45 | cdc.gov DNS Akamai Edge DNS · CDN Akamai | www.cdc.govscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | Akamai |
| 46 | linktr.ee DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | linktr.eescanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 47 | openai.com DNS Azure DNS · CDN Cloudflare | openai.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Azure DNS | Cloudflare |
| 48 | godaddy.com DNS Akamai Edge DNS 75% + GoDaddy 25% · CDN Akamai | www.godaddy.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS 75% + GoDaddy 25% | Akamai |
| 49 | www.gov.uk DNS Nominet · CDN Fastly | www.gov.ukscanned 2026-10-17 | Nominet | Fastly |
| 50 | bloomberg.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 57% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 43% · CDN Fastly | www.bloomberg.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 57% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 43% | Fastly |
| 51 | washingtonpost.com DNS AWS Route 53 50% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 50% · CDN Akamai | www.washingtonpost.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 50% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 50% | Akamai |
| 52 | calendly.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | calendly.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 53 | stripe.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | checkout.stripe.com → stripe.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 54 | wsj.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.wsj.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 55 | arxiv.org DNS Google Cloud DNS · CDN Fastly | arxiv.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Google Cloud DNS | Fastly |
| 56 | unsplash.com DNS DNSimple · CDN Fastly | unsplash.comscanned 2026-10-17 | DNSimple | Fastly |
| 58 | businessinsider.com DNS DNS Made Easy 60% + NS1 (IBM) 40% · CDN Fastly | www.businessinsider.comscanned 2026-10-17 | DNS Made Easy 60% + NS1 (IBM) 40% | Fastly |
| 59 | bsky.app DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Direct (AWS) | bsky.appscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Direct (AWS) |
| 60 | substack.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | substack.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 61 | cnbc.com DNS NS1 (IBM) · CDN Akamai | www.cnbc.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) | Akamai |
| 62 | cloudflare.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | dash.cloudflare.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 63 | eventbrite.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.eventbrite.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 64 | office.com DNS Azure DNS · CDN Microsoft (own network) | outlook.office.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Azure DNS | Microsoft (own network) |
| 65 | npr.org DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Akamai | www.npr.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Akamai |
| 66 | behance.net DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | www.behance.netscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 67 | zoom.us DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Cloudflare | zoom.usscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Cloudflare |
| 68 | ft.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Cloudflare | www.ft.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Cloudflare |
| 69 | tandfonline.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | www.tandfonline.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 70 | go.com DNS Akamai Edge DNS 50% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 50% · CDN Akamai | disneyworld.disney.go.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS 50% + UltraDNS (DigiCert) 50% | Akamai |
| 71 | google.de DNS Google (own network) · CDN Google (own network) | www.google.descanned 2026-10-17 | Google (own network) | Google (own network) |
| 72 | ca.gov DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN AWS | www.dmv.ca.govscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | AWS |
| 73 | usatoday.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + Other 50% · CDN Fastly | www.usatoday.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + Other 50% | Fastly |
| 74 | tripadvisor.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.tripadvisor.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 75 | yandex.ru DNS Self-hosted · CDN Self-hosted (AS13238) | afisha.yandex.ruscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | Self-hosted (AS13238) |
| 76 | britannica.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Cloudflare | www.britannica.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Cloudflare |
| 77 | mit.edu DNS Akamai Edge DNS · CDN Fastly | scratch.mit.eduscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | Fastly |
| 78 | surveymonkey.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.surveymonkey.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 79 | cbsnews.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 67% + Cloudflare DNS 33% · CDN Fastly | www.cbsnews.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 67% + Cloudflare DNS 33% | Fastly |
| 80 | pixabay.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | pixabay.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 81 | bing.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + Azure DNS 50% · CDN Akamai | www.bing.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + Azure DNS 50% | Akamai |
| 82 | cambridge.org DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | dictionary.cambridge.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 83 | wix.com DNS NS1 (IBM) · CDN Google Cloud | manage.wix.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) | Google Cloud |
| 84 | independent.co.uk DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Fastly | www.independent.co.ukscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Fastly |
| 85 | ieee.org DNS Self-hosted 33% + AWS Route 53 33% + Other 33% · CDN AWS | ieeexplore.ieee.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted 33% + AWS Route 53 33% + Other 33% | AWS |
| 86 | yelp.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + Other 50% · CDN Fastly | m.yelp.com → www.yelp.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + Other 50% | Fastly |
| 87 | telegram.me DNS Google Cloud DNS · CDN Self-hosted (AS62041) | telegram.mescanned 2026-10-17 | Google Cloud DNS | Self-hosted (AS62041) |
| 88 | hubspot.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | app.hubspot.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 89 | imgur.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | imgur.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 90 | aol.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.aol.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 91 | latimes.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN AWS | www.latimes.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | AWS |
| 92 | apnews.com DNS Cloudflare DNS · CDN Cloudflare | apnews.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS | Cloudflare |
| 93 | twitch.tv DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | www.twitch.tv → m.twitch.tvscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 94 | etsy.com DNS NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% · CDN Fastly | www.etsy.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% | Fastly |
| 95 | scribd.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Fastly | www.scribd.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Fastly |
| 96 | safety.google DNS Google (own network) · CDN Google (own network) | safety.googlescanned 2026-10-17 | Google (own network) | Google (own network) |
| 97 | indiatimes.com DNS Akamai Edge DNS · CDN Akamai | timesofindia.indiatimes.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | Akamai |
| 98 | state.gov DNS Akamai Edge DNS · CDN Cloudflare | ceac.state.govscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | Cloudflare |
| 99 | theatlantic.com DNS AWS Route 53 50% + Google Cloud DNS 50% · CDN Cloudflare | www.theatlantic.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 50% + Google Cloud DNS 50% | Cloudflare |
| 100 | nbcnews.com DNS AWS Route 53 · CDN Akamai | www.nbcnews.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | Akamai |