Top websites: who runs their DNS and edge
The 20 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 front door of the hostname people actually load.
All 20 sites scanned (2026-10-17). Each domain is looked up at most once a week; the next weekly scan of these sites is on 2026-10-26, 07:00 UTC, and until then their latest results count in the weekly totals.
Edge share, Top 20
Each site counts once; a site split across providers is split evenly (DNS: by nameserver count).
Sites
| Rank | Site | Hostname scanned | DNS provider | Confidence | Edge provider | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | facebook.com | www.facebook.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | High | Self-hosted (AS32934) | Medium | 3 |
| 2 | google.com | www.google.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Google (own network) | High | Google Cloud | Low | 3 |
| 3 | instagram.com | www.instagram.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | High | Self-hosted (AS32934) | Medium | 3 |
| 4 | youtube.com | www.youtube.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Google (own network) | High | Google Cloud | Low | 3 |
| 5 | linkedin.com | www.linkedin.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + Azure DNS 50% | Medium | Cloudflare | High | 3 |
| 6 | apple.com | www.apple.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted 50% + Packet Clearing House 50% | Medium | Akamai | High | 3 |
| 7 | wikipedia.org | en.wikipedia.orgscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | High | Self-hosted (AS14907) | Medium | 3 |
| 8 | x.com | x.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 75% + UltraDNS (Vercara) 13% + Other 13% | Medium | Cloudflare | High | 3 |
| 9 | microsoft.com | www.microsoft.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Azure DNS | High | Akamai | High | 3 |
| 10 | pinterest.com | www.pinterest.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Cloudflare DNS 50% + NS1 (IBM) 50% | Medium | Fastly | High | 3 |
| 11 | whatsapp.com | www.whatsapp.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Self-hosted | High | Self-hosted (AS32934) | Medium | 3 |
| 12 | tiktok.com | www.tiktok.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | High | Akamai | High | 3 |
| 13 | github.com | github.comscanned 2026-10-17 | NS1 (IBM) 50% + AWS Route 53 50% | Medium | Azure | Low | 3 |
| 14 | vimeo.com | vimeo.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | High | Cloudflare | High | 3 |
| 15 | amazon.com | www.amazon.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | High | AWS | High | 3 |
| 16 | bit.ly | bit.lyscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 50% + Google Cloud DNS 50% | Medium | Google Cloud | Medium | 3 |
| 17 | adobe.com | www.adobe.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Akamai Edge DNS | High | Akamai | High | 3 |
| 18 | reddit.com | www.reddit.comscanned 2026-10-17 | AWS Route 53 | High | Fastly | High | 3 |
| 19 | t.me | t.mescanned 2026-10-17 | Google Cloud DNS | High | Self-hosted (AS62041) | Medium | 3 |
| 20 | spotify.com | www.spotify.com → open.spotify.comscanned 2026-10-17 | Google Cloud DNS 80% + NS1 (IBM) 20% | Medium | Fastly | High | 3 |
Confidence: High = independent evidence types agree (for example CNAME + published IP range + BGP origin, or every nameserver on one vendor by name or address); Medium = one strong signal; Low = weak or partial. Sources = how many public lists rank the site (2+ required). See methodology.